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The NASA Deep Impact experiment has important implications to better understand cratering processes on planetary bodies and the production and evolution of ejecta. This man-made impact of a solid Cu body on the nucleus of a comet fills the large gap existing between data derived from small-scale cratering experiments and large-scale field or remote sensing observations of craters. DI thus complements hydrocode modeling of cratering processes. The majority of cratering studies focus on solid silicate-rich targets rather than on porous, poorly consolidated and/or volatile-rich materials. However, volatile targets are common in the Solar System. The lessons learned from the DI collision with comet 9P/Tempel not only clarify the composition and physical properties of the cometary nucleus, but also can shed light on cratering mechanisms and evolution of plume and ejecta.
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Claeys, p. (2009). Impact Cratering on Volatile-rich Targets: Some Remarks Related to the Deep Impact Experiment. In: Käufl, H., Sterken, C. (eds) Deep Impact as a World Observatory Event: Synergies in Space, Time, and Wavelength. Eso Astrophysics Symposia. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76959-0_26
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