Catastrophic disruption of asteriods and satellites; Proceedings of the International Workshop, Pisa, Italy, July 30-August 2, 1985Theoretical, numerical, and experimental investigations of the violent disruption of asteroids or planetary satellites are discussed in reviews and reports. Topics examined include acceleration techniques and results of experiments simulating catastrophic fragmentation events; laboratory simulations of catastrophic impact; scaling laws for the catastrophic collisions of asteroids; asteroid collisional history, the origin of the Hirayama families, and disruption of small satellites; and the implications of the inferred compositions of a steroids for their collisional evolution. Diagrams, graphs, tables, and a summary of the discussion at the workshop are provided.
Document ID
19870022727
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Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Davis, D. R. (Science Applications, International Corp. Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, United States)
Farinella, P. (Planetary Science Inst. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Paolicchi, P. (Pisa, Universita Italy)
Zappala, V. (Torino Osservatorio Astronomico, Turin, Italy)