Uncovering the Impactor Population for the Outer Solar System from Saturnian Satellite Cratering Records

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Mar 2012

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43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.2585

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We use crater counts for seven saturnian satellites to constrain the
outer solar system impactor population, showing the Kuiper Belt as the
most likely source, and that impactor flux levels 2-3 decades
higher than current are needed to model the records.

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