Figure 4
From: Gravitational perturbations correlated with the asteroid kinetic impact deflection technique
The closest approaches among the various approaches between the asteroid and the Earth (\(\delta\)) (y-axis), over the simulation period, after variations in velocity (x-axis) for the impulses applied at perihelion (blue) on July 19, 1980 and aphelion (orange) on December 11, 1979. The horizontal black line indicates the value of the closest approach of the asteroid to the Earth without the impulse. The exact value of the distance between the bodies is expressed above each bar.
