Shapes of asteroids compared with fragments from hypervelocity impact experiments

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Apr 1984

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1984natur.308..832c&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 308, April 26, 1984, p. 832-834.

Computer Science

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Asteroids, Hypervelocity Impact, Impact Tests, Shapes, Experiment Design, Fragments, Histograms, Hypervelocity Projectiles, Statistical Distributions, Asteroids, Shape, Comparisons, Fragmentation, Impacts, Hypervelocity, Experiments, Lightcurves, Collisions, Simulations, Apollo Asteroids, Distribution, Symmetry, Gravity Effects, Amor Asteroids

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Results from hypervelocity experiments performed at about 10 km/s against free-falling bodies are reported. It is found that, regardless of the very different experimental conditions, the shape distribution obtained is closely similar to that obtained using targets of different shapes and materials and is in good agreement with that of the main-belt asteroids of diameter smaller than about 100 km. This distribution is not consistent with either the symmetrical shapes of the gravity-dominated asteroids or the elongated Apollo-Amor objects.

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