[meteorite-list] Modeling Meteorite Impacts

From: E.J <jonee_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:28:35 2004
Message-ID: <3F9CB200.9080500_at_epix.net>

Title: Modeling Meteorite Impacts: What we Know and What we Would
               Like to Know
 Document ID: 20030080001
 Report #: None
 Sales Agency: CASI Hardcopy A01
               No Copyright
 Authors: Melosh, H. J. (Arizona Univ.)
 Journal: Results of the Workshop on Impact Cratering: Bridging the
               Gap Between Modeling and Observations
 Published: 20030101
 Source: Arizona Univ. (Tucson, AZ, United States)
 Pages: 2
 Contract #: None
 Abstract: Meteorite impacts can be studied by computer simulation:
               Large meteorite impacts are among those phenomena that are
               either too large or too dangerous to study experimentally.
               Although impacts have affected the formation and surfaces
               of nearly every body in the solar system, we are limited to
               observing the results of past events. Investigation of
               impact processes is thus divided into observational studies
               of the traces of past impacts, small-scale analogue
               laboratory experiments and, most recently, detailed
               computer modeling. Computer models offer the possibility of
               studying craters at all scales, provided we completely
               understand the physics of the process and possess enough
               computer power to simulate the features of interest.
 Language: English
 Notes: Workshop on Impact Cratering FROM FROM
Received on Mon 27 Oct 2003 12:49:52 AM PST