Hyper-velocity impacts on rubble pile asteroids

Most asteroids in the size range of approximately 100m to 100km are rubble piles, aggregates of rocky material held together mainly by gravitational forces, and only weak cohesion. They contain high macroporosities, indicating a large amount of void space in their interiors. How these voids are dist...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Deller, Jakob
Other Authors: Lowry, Stephen ; Snodgrass, Colin ; Price, Mark ; Sierks, Holger
Published: University of Kent 2015
Subjects:
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.682120