Experiments on rebounding slow impacts under asteroid conditions
We present a newly developed experiment for the examination of low-speed impacts under asteroid conditions. More specifically, our experimental setup enables us to simulate a very clean milligravity environment under vacuum, in which projectiles are shot at a granular bed at several cm/s. This granu...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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EDP Sciences
2021-01-01
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| Series: | EPJ Web of Conferences |
| Online Access: | https://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/pdf/2021/03/epjconf_pg2021_13003.pdf |
| Summary: | We present a newly developed experiment for the examination of low-speed impacts under asteroid conditions. More specifically, our experimental setup enables us to simulate a very clean milligravity environment under vacuum, in which projectiles are shot at a granular bed at several cm/s. This granular bed consists of irregularly formed basalt particles with different size distributions. The experiment is carried out in the Bremen drop tower in its catapult mode, granting more than 9 s microgravity. Here, we discuss the setup and assess its performance. |
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| ISSN: | 2100-014X |