The effectiveness of various high energy density sources and their coupling coefficients are evaluated in terms of the required payload mass necessary to change the orbit of a Earth-threatening near-Earth object NEO) by 6 m/s. Included in the analysis are high explosive, high speed projectiles, nuclear explosives and their radiations, high intensity lasers and concentrated solar energy. It is shown that a given velocity change will be equal to the product of the payload energy and the coupling coefficient divided by the mass of the NEO which superficially portrays a linear relationship.
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机译：根据将威胁地球的近地物体NEO）的轨道改变6 m / s所需的有效载荷质量，评估了各种高能量密度源的有效性及其耦合系数。分析中包括高爆炸物，高速射弹，核爆炸物及其辐射，高强度激光和集中的太阳能。结果表明，给定的速度变化将等于有效载荷能量与耦合系数的乘积除以NEO的质量，而NEO的质量表面上是线性关系。
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