The Sizes of Impact Craters and Ejecta Spots
on Asteroids
N. N. Gorkavyi, A. N. Rublevsky, V. V. Prokofjeva-Mihajlovskaya
Scientific Research Institute Crimean Astrophysical Observatory,
Nauchnyj, Ukraine
Abstract:
The formation of ejecta during the cratering process is characteristic for meteoritic impacts. On a simple impact model, analytic expression for a size of impact crater and ejecta spot are derived.
Key words:
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI), Small Solar System Body (SSSB), asteroids, an impact model, meteoritic impacts, cratering process, impact craters, ejecta spots.