Clustered impacts - Experiments and implications

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Apr 1985

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 90, April 10, 1985, p. 3701-3732.

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Impact Damage, Planetary Craters, Planetary Surfaces, Projectile Cratering, Ejecta, Environment Simulation, Lunar Craters, Morphology, Planets, Impacts, Experiments, Velocity, Parameters, Procedure, Radius, Comparisons, Mass, Diameter, Depth, Craters, Cratering, Morphology, Ejecta, Emplacement, Moon, Models, Mixing Ratios

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The characteristics of impact by clusters of projectiles are experimentally studied by launching grouped projectiles of aluminum shot, steel shot, iron filings, and sand. Cratering efficiency is considered as a function of a dimensionless parameter related to projectile size and impact velocity. The effects of different target and projectile densities on cratering efficiency are examined. Crater morphology is addressed by considering a typical example, reviewing the systematics between cluster dispersion and crater morphology for vertical impacts, and examining oblique angle impacts which have relevance for planetary secondary cratering processes. These results are compared with impacts by single bodies with different strengths. The evolution of the ejecta plume for clustered impacts is compared to that for single-body impacts for vertical and oblique impacts from 1.3 to 1.8 km/s. The experimental results are discussed in the context of planetary surface processes, emphasizing processes in an atmosphere-free environment and secondary impact cratering.

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