Compaction as the origin of the unusual craters on the asteroid Mathilde

Nature

Volumn 402, Issue 6758, 1999, Pages 155-157

  Housen, Kevin R ^a   Holsapple, Keith A ^b   Voss, Michael E ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CRATER; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSMOS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VELOCITY;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0033547321     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/45985     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Veverka, J. et al. NEAR's flyby of 253 Mathilde: Images of a C asteroid. Science 278, 2109-2112 (1997).
2. Housen, K. R., Schmidt, R. M. & Holsapple, K. A. Crater ejecta scaling laws: Fundamental forms based on dimensional analysis. J. Geophys. Res. 88, 2485-2499 (1983).
3. Chapman, C. R., Merline, W. J. & Thomas, P. Cratering on Mathilde. Icarus (submitted).
4. Veverka, J. et al. NEAR Encounter with asteroid 253 Mathilde: Overview. Icarus (submitted).
5. Asphaug, E. et al. Disruption of kilometre-sized asteroids by energetic collisions. Nature 393, 437-440 (1998).
6. Schmidt, R. M. & Holsapple, K. A. Theory and experiments on centrifuge cratering. J. Geophys. Res. 85, 235-252 (1980).
7. Holsapple, K. A. & Schmidt, R. M. Point source solutions and coupling parameters in cratering mechanics. J. Geophys. Res. 92, 6350-6376 (1987).
8. Holsapple, K. A. The scaling of impact processes in planetary sciences. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 21, 333-373 (1993).
9. Housen, K. R., Schmidt, R. M. & Holsapple, K. A. Laboratory simulations of large scale fragmentation events. Icarus 94, 180-190 (1991).
10. Kieffer, S. W. From regolith to rock by shock. Moon 13, 301-320 (1975).
11. Feves, M., Simmons, G. & Siegfried, R. W. in The Earth's Crust. Its Nature and Physical Properties (ed. Heacock, J. G.) (Geophysical Monogr. 20, American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC, 1977).
12. Thomas, P. C. Ejecta emplacement on the martian satellites. Icarus 131, 78-106 (1998).
13. Love, S. G., Hörz, F. & Brownlee, D. E. Target porosity effects in impact cratering and collisional disruption. Icarus 105, 216-224 (1993).
14. Stewart, S. T. & Ahrens, T. J. Porosity effects on impact processes in solar system materials. Vol. 30, CD-ROM (Lunar Planetary Science Conference, Houston, Texas, 1999).