High-Resolution Calculations of Asteroid Impacts into the Venusian Atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 387-403

  Korycansky, D G ^a   Zahnle, Kevin J ^b   Law, Mordecai Mark Mac ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cratering; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; BIOLOGY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; GEOLOGY; MECHANICS; MICROCLIMATE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE EXOBIOLOGY;

ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECELERATION; EXOBIOLOGY; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; MECHANICS; MINOR PLANETS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; VENUS;

EID: 0034240986     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6426     Document Type: Article

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