Detection of sporadic impact flashes on the Moon: Implications for the luminous efficiency of hypervelocity impacts and derived terrestrial impact rates

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 319-326

  Ortiz, J L ^a   Aceituno, F J ^a   Quesada, J A ^b   Aceituno, J ^c   Fernandez M ^a   Santos Sanz, P ^a   Trigo Rodriguez J M ^d,e   Llorca, J ^e,f   Martin Torres F J ^g   Montanes Rodriguez P ^h   Palle E ^h  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b Huétor Santillán Observatory   (Spain)

^c CENTRO ASTRONÓMICO HISPANO ALEMÁN   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e INSTITUT D ESTUDIS ESPACIALS DE CATALUNYA IEEC   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g Analytical Services   (United States)

^h NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Cratering; Impact processes; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748914169     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.002     Document Type: Article

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