The Deep Impact oblique impact cratering experiment

Icarus

Volumn 190, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 295-333

  Schultz, Peter H ^a   Eberhardy, Clara A ^a   Ernst, Carolyn M ^a   A'Hearn, Michael F ^b   Sunshine, Jessica M ^b   Lisse, Carey M ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

AVGR; Comets; Deep Impact; Ejecta; Experiments; Oblique; Vaporization

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548631403     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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