Expected shape distribution of asteroids obtained from laboratory impact experiments

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Apr 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978natur.272..602f&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 272, Apr. 13, 1978, p. 602, 603.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Astronomical Models, Impact Damage, Particle Size Distribution, Impact Tests, Light Gas Guns, Projectiles, Shapes, Asteroids, Artificial Impacts

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An examination is made of the shape of fragments produced in laboratory high-velocity impact studies. Cylindrical polycarbonate projectiles weighing 0.37 grams and having diameters of 0.8 cm are impacted into cubic basalt block targets 5 cm in size and with 2.7 g/cu cm densities. The experimentally determined shape distribution is compared with that of minor celestial bodies including directly pictured bodies and asteroid shapes determined from their light curves. It is suggested that the laboratory shape distribution is representative of rock-like, nonmetallic asteroids of a sufficiently small size so that internal stress is less than the yielding strength of the constituent material.

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