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Impact Origin of the Moon? by Asphaug, Erik

“…Earth formed in a series of giant impacts, and the last one made the Moon. This idea, an edifice of post-Apollo science, can explain the Moon's globally melted…”
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Interiors of small bodies and moons by Asphaug, Erik

“…Asteroids, comets and moons are leftovers of planet formation. Studying them and their samples, including meteorites, can help us to learn how the Earth was…”
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Similar-sized collisions and the diversity of planets by Asphaug, Erik

“…It is assumed in models of terrestrial planet formation that colliding bodies simply merge. From this the dynamical and chemical properties (and habitability)…”
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Fate of the Runner in Hit-and-run Collisions by Emsenhuber, Alexandre, Asphaug, Erik

“…In similar-sized planetary collisions, a significant part of the impactor often misses the target and continues downrange. We follow the dynamical evolution of…”
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Growth and Evolution of Asteroids by Asphaug, Erik

“…Asteroids are what is left of the precursors to the terrestrial planets. They are stunning in their diversity, ranging from charcoal-black worlds the size of a…”
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Graze-and-merge Collisions under External Perturbers by Emsenhuber, Alexandre, Asphaug, Erik

“…Graze-and-merge collisions are common multi-step mergers occurring in low-velocity, off-axis impacts between similar-sized planetary bodies. The first impact…”
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Large planets may not form fractionally large moons by Nakajima, Miki, Genda, Hidenori, Asphaug, Erik, Ida, Shigeru

“…One of the unique aspects of Earth is that it has a fractionally large Moon, which is thought to have formed from a Moon-forming disk generated by a giant…”
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Constraints on the pre-impact orbits of Solar system giant impactors by Jackson, Alan P, Gabriel, Travis S J, Asphaug, Erik I

“…Abstract We provide a fast method for computing constraints on impactor pre-impact orbits, applying this to the late giant impacts in the Solar system. These…”
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Realistic On-the-fly Outcomes of Planetary Collisions: Machine Learning Applied to Simulations of Giant Impacts by Cambioni, Saverio, Asphaug, Erik, Emsenhuber, Alexandre, Gabriel, Travis S. J., Furfaro, Roberto, Schwartz, Stephen R.

“…Planet formation simulations are capable of directly integrating the evolution of hundreds to thousands of planetary embryos and planetesimals as they accrete…”
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Critical crater diameter and asteroid impact seismology by ASPHAUG, Erik

“…— If impact stress reverberation is the primary gradational process on an asteroid at global scales, then the largest undegraded crater records an asteroid's…”
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Mega-impact formation of the Mars hemispheric dichotomy by Aharonson, Oded, Marinova, Margarita M, Asphaug, Erik

“…The Mars hemispheric dichotomy is expressed as a dramatic difference in elevation, crustal thickness and crater density between the southern highlands and…”
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GIANT IMPACT: AN EFFICIENT MECHANISM FOR THE DEVOLATILIZATION OF SUPER-EARTHS by Liu (刘尚飞), Shang-Fei, Hori (堀安範), Yasunori, Lin, D. N. C., Asphaug, Erik

“…ABSTRACT Mini-Neptunes and volatile-poor super-Earths coexist on adjacent orbits in proximity to host stars such as Kepler-36 and Kepler-11. Several…”
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Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Plume by Colaprete, Anthony, Schultz, Peter, Heldmann, Jennifer, Wooden, Diane, Shirley, Mark, Ennico, Kimberly, Hermalyn, Brendan, Marshall, William, Ricco, Antonio, Elphic, Richard C, Goldstein, David, Summy, Dustin, Bart, Gwendolyn D, Asphaug, Erik, Korycansky, Don, Landis, David, Sollitt, Luke

“…Several remote observations have indicated that water ice may be presented in permanently shadowed craters of the Moon. The Lunar Crater Observation and…”
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The spherical Brazil Nut Effect and its significance to asteroids by Perera, Viranga, Jackson, Alan P., Asphaug, Erik, Ballouz, Ronald-Louis

“…•The Brazil Nut Effect is simulated for the first time in a spherical configuration.•The effect does not require surface friction but is nevertheless aided by…”
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European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission by Michel, Patrick, Kueppers, Michael, Sierks, Holger, Carnelli, Ian, Cheng, Andy F., Mellab, Karim, Granvik, Mikael, Kestilä, Antti, Kohout, Tomas, Muinonen, Karri, Näsilä, Antti, Penttila, Antti, Tikka, Tuomas, Tortora, Paolo, Ciarletti, Valérie, Hérique, Alain, Murdoch, Naomi, Asphaug, Erik, Rivkin, Andy, Barnouin, Olivier, Bagatin, Adriano Campo, Pravec, Petr, Richardson, Derek C., Schwartz, Stephen R., Tsiganis, Kleomenis, Ulamec, Stephan, Karatekin, Ozgür

“…The European component of the joint ESA-NASA Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission has been redesigned from the original version called…”
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A deep crust–mantle boundary in the asteroid 4 Vesta by Clenet, Harold, Jutzi, Martin, Barrat, Jean-Alix, Asphaug, Erik I., Benz, Willy, Gillet, Philippe

“…Data on Vesta’s surface material provided by the Dawn probe and impacts modelling reveals that Vesta’s crust–mantle boundary must be deeper than 80 kilometres…”
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NUMERICAL MODELING OF THE DISRUPTION OF COMET D/1993 F2 SHOEMAKER-LEVY 9 REPRESENTING THE PROGENITOR BY A GRAVITATIONALLY BOUND ASSEMBLAGE OF RANDOMLY SHAPED POLYHEDRA by MOVSHOVITZ, Naor, ASPHAUG, Erik, KORYCANSKY, Donald

“…We advance the modeling of rubble-pile solid bodies by re-examining the tidal breakup of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9, an event that occurred during a 1.33 R sub(4)…”
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Distinguishing the Origin of Asteroid (16) Psyche by Elkins-Tanton, Linda T., Asphaug, Erik, Bell, James F., Bierson, Carver J., Bills, Bruce G., Bottke, William F., Courville, Samuel W., Dibb, Steven D., Jun, Insoo, Lawrence, David J., Marchi, Simone, McCoy, Timothy J., Merayo, Jose M. G., Oran, Rona, O’Rourke, Joseph G., Park, Ryan S., Peplowski, Patrick N., Prettyman, Thomas H., Raymond, Carol A., Weiss, Benjamin P., Wieczorek, Mark A., Zuber, Maria T.

“…The asteroid (16) Psyche may be the metal-rich remnant of a differentiated planetesimal, or it may be a highly reduced, metal-rich asteroidal material that…”
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The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos by Michel, Patrick, Küppers, Michael, Bagatin, Adriano Campo, Carry, Benoit, Charnoz, Sébastien, Leon, Julia de, Fitzsimmons, Alan, Gordo, Paulo, Green, Simon F., Hérique, Alain, Juzi, Martin, Karatekin, Özgür, Kohout, Tomas, Lazzarin, Monica, Murdoch, Naomi, Okada, Tatsuaki, Palomba, Ernesto, Pravec, Petr, Snodgrass, Colin, Tortora, Paolo, Tsiganis, Kleomenis, Ulamec, Stephan, Vincent, Jean-Baptiste, Wünnemann, Kai, Zhang, Yun, Raducan, Sabina D., Dotto, Elisabetta, Chabot, Nancy, Cheng, Andy F., Rivkin, Andy, Barnouin, Olivier, Ernst, Carolyn, Stickle, Angela, Richardson, Derek C., Thomas, Cristina, Arakawa, Masahiko, Miyamoto, Hirdy, Nakamura, Akiko, Sugita, Seiji, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Abell, Paul, Asphaug, Erik, Ballouz, Ronald-Louis, Bottke, William F., Lauretta, Dante S., Walsh, Kevin J., Martino, Paolo, Carnelli, Ian

“…Hera is a planetary defense mission under development in the Space Safety and Security Program of the European Space Agency for launch in 2024 October. It will…”
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Volatile retention from cometary impacts on the Moon by Ong, Lissa, Asphaug, Erik I., Korycansky, Donald, Coker, Robert F.

“…Impacts of comets and asteroids play an important role in volatile delivery on the Moon. We use a novel method for tracking vapor masses that reach escape…”
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