Velocity distribution of fragments formed in a simulated collisional disruption

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Jul 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991icar...92..132n&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 92, July 1991, p. 132-146.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

108

Collision Parameters, Fragments, Planetary Evolution, Velocity Distribution, Aluminum Oxides, Basalt, Catastrophe Theory, Kinetic Energy

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In order to understand the collisional evolution of planetary bodies, an experimental determination was made of the velocity distribution of fragments resulting from catastrophic shattering of 6-cm diameter basalt and alumina spheres by 7-mm nylon spheres having 3-4 km/sec velocity. The three-dimensional fragment velocity determined for some prominent fragments is expressed as the -1/6th power of fragment mass, for fragment sizes greater than a few mm. About 1 percent of the initial kinetic energy was partitioned into the large fragments; cores were minor carriers of energy and momentum, and fine ejecta assumed a significant kinetic role.

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