Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics
Scientific paper
Dec 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994p%26ss...42.1067h&link_type=abstract
Planetary and Space Science (ISSN 0032-0633), vol. 42, no. 12, p. 1067-1078
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
57
Collisions, Cratering, Gravitational Effects, Hypervelocity Impact, Scaling Laws, Solar System Evolution, Experimentation, Mathematical Models, Space Observations (From Earth)
Scientific paper
Collisions of bodies of the solar system have played an important role in their evolution and current observable state, but the mechanics and outcomes of those collisions are not well understood. This contribution discusses the mechanics and outcomes of those impacts, melding the existing theory, recent experiments and observations into a new and revised scaling theory, for both catastrophic disruptions and for the largest basins remaining for impacts below that threshold. New evidence is obtained by an analysis of those largest solar system basins and craters, and from some recent experiments on disruptions. The paper will present certain problems with the quantitative estimates of former approaches (Holsapple and Housen, (1986); Housen and Holsapple, (1990)), discuss remaining areas of uncertainty, and will give updated estimates for these important phenomena.
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