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Foundation (SSF) east of the Urals. The organization involved scientists from the Snezhinsk (Chelyabinsk-70) nuclear center and the Makeev State Rocket Center (Miass). The foundation eventually set up subsidiaries in Novosibirsk and Korolev, outside Moscow. The Planetary Defense Center, which was established in Russia three years ago, comprises the best defense-industry facilities, aerospace enterprises, in the first place, as well as academic and sectoral research.Scientists say that the best way to cope with the asteroid problem is to register and observe all potentially dangerous space objects. However, it is not enough to spot an asteroid because most of them have unstable orbits; consequently, such asteroids may disappear later on. Every terrestrial hemisphere must therefore have three or four telescopes with primary mirrors 4-5 m in diameter for observing asteroids round the clock. Such observations would make it possible to catalog asteroids with a diameter of less
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