ImpactHazards分析.pptVIP

Returning to Space Carangas, Peru, 2007 Carangas, Peru, 2007 What happens during impact Atmospheric entry Microscopic objects gradually decelerate Millimeter-sized objects vaporize, seen as meteors Meter-sized objects may fragment and survive passage House-sized objects hit with force Contact-compression phase Transient crater phase Rebound and collapse phase Impact Processes Impact releases kinetic energy instantaneously – Explosion Explosion scaling: Volume proportional to energy Radius scales as cube root of energy Energy Measures Kiloton = 4.2 x 1012 Joules = 1012 calories Megaton =