Impact process of boulders on the surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa - Fragments from collisional disruption

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-12

  Nakamura, Akiko M ^a   Michikami, Tatsuhiro ^b   Hirata, Naru ^c   Fujiwara, A ^d   Nakamura, Ryoseke ^e   Ishiguro, Masateru ^f   Miyamoto, Hideaki ^g,h   Demura, Hirohide ^c   Hiraoka, Kensuke ^a   Honda, Takayuki ^a   Honda, Chikatoshi ^d   Saito, Jun ⁱ   Hashimoto, T ^d   Kubota, T ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^d JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^h PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Boulder; Fragmentation; Impact

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BOULDER; FRAGMENTATION; IMPACT; PARENT BODY;

EID: 40949156784     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352756     Document Type: Article

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