Atmospheric erosion induced by oblique impacts

Details Atmospheric erosion induced by oblique impacts Atmospheric erosion induced by oblique impacts

Oct 2009

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009m%26ps...44.1095s&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 44, Issue 8, p.1095-1105

Physics

8

Impact Modeling, Martian Atmosphere, Earth, Asteroid Impact(S)

Scientific paper

Previous investigations of impact-induced atmospheric erosion considered vertical impacts only. Numerical simulations of oblique impacts presented in this paper show that the loss of air strongly depends on trajectory inclination and it increases as the impact angle decreases. The results of numerical simulations over the wide range of impact parameters (projectile sizes from 1 to 30 km, impact velocities from 15 to 70 km/s, escape velocities from 5 to 11.2 km/s, projectile densities from 1 to 3.3 g/cm3, normal atmospheric densities varying by three orders of magnitude) can be approximated by simple analytical formulae.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

Atmospheric erosion induced by oblique impacts does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with Atmospheric erosion induced by oblique impacts, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Atmospheric erosion induced by oblique impacts will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-1517794