TITLE:
Elimination of the Potentially Dangerous Asteroid “Apophis” Using Electric Rocket
AUTHORS:
Alexander Rubinraut
KEYWORDS:
Crazy Asteroid Apophis, Electric Rocket, Nuclear Charge, Landing Capsule, Electro Rocket Engine Type, MARS, Solar, Battery Based Gallium, Arsenide
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Aerospace Science and Technology,
Vol.4 No.2,
June
12,
2019
ABSTRACT: A
project of elimination of potentially dangerous asteroid Apophis which April
13, 2029 year approaches to Earth at a distance of 36,000 km is considered. The elimination is carried out
by means of asteroid disintegration into small fragments as a result of nuclear
explosion, which is produced 133 days before the moment of maximal convergence
of the asteroid Apophis with Earth. In the project, a method of phased timely delivery of nuclear
charge on the surface of the asteroid is proposed. In the first stage, the nuclear charge using carrier rocket “Delta” is
delivered into Earth orbit. In the second stage, the charge using electric rocket is transferred
from Earth orbit into the orbit of asteroid Apophis and is descended onto its
surface. For implementation of the project, the design of electric rocket ER-7,
which uses electric rocket engines type MARS and solar panels based on gallium
arsenide is developed. Design of landing capsule, which has a chemical rocket
engine and the container in which located the nuclear charge of 6 megaton is
developed.