Pipeline stage · Step 5

Risk Assessment

Judging how serious a possible impact is — its probability, the object's size and energy, and the time until the encounter — and expressing it on the Torino and Palermo scales so the risk can be understood and compared.

← Impact Monitoring Risk Communication →

The Torino Scale
The Palermo Scale

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Preceded byImpact Monitoring
Associated withThe Torino Scale
Associated withThe Palermo Scale
Followed byRisk Communication

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Facts on this topic will be cited from these primary and reference sources.

NASANational Aeronautics and Space Administration
Mission data, planetary science, space telescopes, and public-domain imagery.
Most NASA-produced imagery is in the public domain; individual items are checked for usage terms before publication.

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Risk Assessment

Surveys, missions & objects

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Risk Assessment

Surveys, missions & objects

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Sources