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Kadono et al. 1993

Kadono, T., Fujiwara, A. and Nakamura, A.M. (1993). Measurement of expansion velocity of an impact-generated vapor cloud. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL01255. issn: 0094-8276.

The expansion velocity of an impact-generated vapor cloud was determined. In the impact of a 7 mm nylon sphere into a basaltic cube at velocity 3.8 km/s, the front velocity of a luminous vapor (plasma) cloud expanding hemispherically was constant at about 4 km/s within at least 5 cm distance from the impact point. A simplified model calculation used to estimate the distribution of mass in the cloud suggests that most of the mass should lie near the front of the expanding cloud. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993

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Keywords
Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Cratering, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Origin and evolution

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Geophysical Research Letters
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