Size-Frequency Distributions of Dust - Size Debris from the Impact Disruption of Chondritic Meteorites

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We present mass-frequency data for fragments from the impact disruption of four chondritic meteorites, extending to masses several orders of magnitude smaller the mass-frequency data that are usually measured in similar impact experiments. Masses of mm- to cm-scale fragments were determined by directly weighing debris collected from the floor of the Ames Vertical Gun Range impact chamber. Masses of sub-mm to dust-size fragments were determined from analysis of foil penetration data. The mass-frequency distributions display a range of morphologies ranging from nearly linear power-law distributions to `broken' power laws with progressively shallower slopes at smaller fragment masses, apparently dependent on the magnitude of the impact specific energy.

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