García-Pelayo, Ricardo (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid), Gonzalo, Juan Luis (Politecnico di Milano)

Probability of collision between a rectangular cuboid and small debris

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Debris and asteroids" (FrM12), Friday, April 5, 2019, 10:00−10:30, BL281.1

5th CEAS Conference on Guidance, Navigation and Control, April 3-5, 2019, Milano, Italy

This information is tentative and subject to change. Compiled on April 26, 2024

Abstract

The probability of collision between a rectangular cuboid and small debris (that is, point-like debris) is computed, under the assumptions of the short-encounter model. The computation is exact in the sense that it is not based on approximations such as the enveloping sphere approximation, but on a very efficient algorithm to compute the integral of Gaussian over the projection of a rectangular cuboid on the collision plane.