Can someone please define The term "impact solution" as it refers to asteroids?

Hi citizena,

An "impact solution" is a theoretical model that predicts that an
asteroid will collide with the earth.

The problem in this context is predicting the future motion of an
asteroid, based on astronomical observations.  A solution is a
mathematical model that makes specific predictions about where the
asteroid will be when.  An "impact solution" is one that predicts an
impact with the earth.

I was not able to find an explicit definition of this term on the web.
 I induced the one above from studying various web pages on this
topic, including the following:

Page on asteroids hitting the earth from the Flat Rock Forests
Unitholder Organisation
http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/science/asteroid.htm

Major News about Minor Objects, The Asteroid/Comet Connection's daily
news journal about asteroids, comets, and meteors, 22 August 2004
http://hohmanntransfer.com/mn/0408/22.htm

The same, 14 May 2004
http://www.hohmanntransfer.com/mn/0405/14.htm

Bad Astronomy, February 26, 2004
http://www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/c2c_feb262004.html

Feelings of an amateur observer of NEAs [Near Earth Asteroids], by Jaime Nomen
http://spaceguard.esa.int/tumblingstone/issues/special-2001PM9/jaime.htm

NEO [Near Earth Object] News, August 2002
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewsr.html?pid=6163


I hope this information is helpful.

Regards,

--efn

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Request for Answer Clarification by citizena-ga on 29 Dec 2004 00:38 PST

Thanks for the research. I think iit was in one of your links
"hohmanntransfer" that I first read the ter "impact solution", hence
my question> Your answer does make sense in light of the context.
Thanks.

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Clarification of Answer by efn-ga on 29 Dec 2004 08:57 PST

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