Understanding the Effects of Collisional Evolution and Spacecraft Impact Experiments on Comets and AsteroidsComets and asteroids have endured impacts from other solar system bodies that result in outcomes ranging from catastrophic collisions to regolith evolution due to micrometeorid bombardment of the surface ices and refactory components. Experiments designed to better understand these relics of solar system formation have been conducted on Earth in a laboratory setting, as well as in space through, e.g., the Deep Impact Mission to Comet Tempel 1. Deep Impact fired a high-speed impactor into the roughly 6 km nucleus of the comet. The ejecta plume generated by the impact was studied by both spacecraft instrumentation and groundbased telescopes.
Document ID
20170001518
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Lederer, S.M. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Jensen, E.A. (Planetary Science Inst. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Fane, M. (California State Univ. San Bernardino, CA, United States)
Smith, D.C. (California State Univ. San Bernardino, CA, United States)
Holmes, J. (California State Univ. San Bernardino, CA, United States)
Keller, L.P. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Lindsay, S.S. (State Univ. of East Tennessee Johnson City, TN, United States)
Wooden, D.H. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Whizin, A. (University of Central Florida Orlando, FL, United States)
Cintala, M.J. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Zolensky, M.E. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)