Cumulative damage in strength-dominated collisions of rocky asteroids: Rubble piles and brick piles

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 142-153

  Housen, Kevin ^a  

^a BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Collisions; Fragmentation; Impact; Scaling; Shattering

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ASTEROIDS; BRICK; BRICKMAKING; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DIAGNOSTIC RADIOGRAPHY; MEDICAL IMAGING; PILES; TOMOGRAPHY;

COLLISIONS; FRAGMENTATION; IMPACT; SCALING; SHATTERING;

TARGETS;

EID: 59349113167     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.006     Document Type: Article

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