Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1989
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1989metic..24...15w&link_type=abstract
Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 24, March 1989, p. 15-22.
Physics
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Apollo Asteroids, Meteorite Collisions, Meteorite Craters, Planetary Craters, Terrestrial Planets, Celestial Mechanics, Comets, Cosmology, Monte Carlo Method, Planets, Asteroids, Apollo Asteroids, Terrestrial Planets, Impacts, Flux, Bombardment, Parameters, Calculations, Cratering, Amor Asteroids, Comets, Production Rate, Origin, Formation, Source, Mars, Mercury (Planet), Theoretical Studies, Numerical Methods
Scientific paper
An asteroidal collision model and Monte Carlo program used for studies of the terrestrial meteorite flux, the steady-state number of Apollo-Amor objects, and the orbital distribution of both meteorites and Apollo-Amor objects is used to calculate absolute and relative cratering rates on the terrestrial planets. It is found that the 'best' estimates of the predicted asteroidal cratering rate are three times lower than estimates of the observed terrestrial cratering rate. If this is due to errors in the asteroidal production rate of Apollo-Amor objects, the predicted present-day cratering rate per unit area on Mars is four times that on earth, whereas that on Mercury is twice that on earth.
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