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Variation in ejecta size with ejection velocityThe sizes and ranges of over 25,000 secondary craters around twelve large primaries on three different planets were measured and used to infer the size-velocity distribution of that portion of the primary crater ejecta that produced the secondaries. The ballistic equation for spherical bodies was used to convert the ranges to velocities, and the velocities and crater sizes were used in the appropriate Schmidt-Holsapple scaling relation of estimate ejecta sizes, and the velocity exponent was determined. The latter are generally between -1 and -13, with an average value of about -1.9. Problems with data collection made it impossible to determine a simple, unique relation between size and velocity.
Document ID
19870060095
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Vickery, Ann M.
(Arizona, University Tucson, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1987
Publication Information
Publication: Geophysical Research Letters
Volume: 14
ISSN: 0094-8276
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
87A47369
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-428
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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