Dust production from the hypervelocity impact disruption of the Murchison hydrous CM2 meteorite: Implications for the disruption of hydrous asteroids and the production of interplanetary dust

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-126

  Flynn, G J ^a   Durda, D D ^b   Sandel, L E ^c   Kreft, J W ^c   Strait, M M ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALMA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid disruption; Catastrophic disruption; Interplanetary dust; Meteorites; Murchison meteorite

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDS; DEBRIS; DUST; HYDRATES; HYDRATION; METEOR IMPACTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR SYSTEM; TARGETS;

ALLENDE; ASTEROID DISRUPTION; C-TYPE ASTEROIDS; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE METEORITES; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITES; CATASTROPHIC DISRUPTION; COLLISIONAL EVOLUTIONS; DUST PRODUCTIONS; FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTIONS; HYPER VELOCITY IMPACTS; IMPACT ENERGIES; INFRARED SIGNATURES; INTERPLANETARY DUST; INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES; MURCHISON; MURCHISON METEORITE; ORDER-OF MAGNITUDES; ORDINARY CHONDRITES; POLAR ICES; POWER LAWS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SMALL PARTICLES;

METEORITES;

EID: 59349099012     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.005     Document Type: Article

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