Launcher technology, in-flight velocity measurement and impact diagnostics at the TUM/LRT

Impacts into Ice–Silicate Mixtures: Ejecta Mass and Size Distributions

“…A plasma accelerator (Igenbergs et al 1987) accelerating spherical Note. An empty field means that no value was found in the literature.…”

Impacts into Ice–Silicate Mixtures: Crater Morphologies, Volumes, Depth-to-Diameter Ratios, and Yield

“…Two different accelerators were used for the experiments: a plasma accelerator (Igenbergs et al 1987) accelerating spherical glass projectiles with diameters between 20 and 80 µm (masses between 1.7 · 10 −11 kg and 7.2 · 10 −10 kg) to velocities up to 11.8 km/s, and an electrothermal accelerator (Rott 1992), using cylindrical nylon projectiles with diameters of 4 mm and 2 mm and a length of 2 mm (masses 6 · 10 −6 kg to 3 · 10 −5 kg). The velocities ranged up to 3.2 km/s.…”