1. The Effect of Variable Initial Uncertainty on the Probability of Asteroid-Earth Collisions Open Access Author: Polito, Christopher Title: The Effect of Variable Initial Uncertainty on the Probability of Asteroid-Earth Collisions Graduate Program: Aerospace Engineering Keywords: position uncertainty ellipsoidNEO Collision Probability File: Download Polito_Thesis.pdf Committee Members: David Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorDavid Bradley Spencer, Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor