The research of comets and asteroids based on the method of impact and explosive

Аuthors

Afanas'ev V. A.^*, Chudetsky . M., Chudetckiy Y. V.

Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), 4, Volokolamskoe shosse, Moscow, А-80, GSP-3, 125993, Russia

*e-mail: vaa96@mail.ru

Abstract

The analysis of data gathered in the Deep Impact program showed that explosive impact is a promising method of space research. This method can be further improved by creating artificial particle cloud formations on the trajectory of asteroids and comets allowing multiple interactions instead of single. As a result of such explosive impact one can evaluate not only the structure and content of the space object but also interaction parameters related to destruction (erosion) of the space object. It is shown that generalized laws of impact cratering can be used to forecast the results of experiments in explosive impact.

Keywords:

asteroid, artificial particle cloud formations, comets, crater, explosive impact.