Werner, S.C. and Harris, A.W. and Neukum, G. and Ivanov, B. (2002) NOTE: The near-Earth asteroid size-frequency distribution; a snapshot of the Lunar impactor size-frequency size distribution. Icarus, 156 (1), pp. 287-290.
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Abstract
It is shown that the size-frequency distribution (SFD) of a time-averaged projectile population derived from the lunar crater SFD of Neukum and Ivanov (in Hazards Due to Comets and Asteroids (T. Gehrels, Ed.), 1994, pp. 359-416, Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson) provides a convincing fit to the SFD of the current near-Earth asteroid (NEA) population, as deduced from the results of asteroid search programs. Our results suggest that the shape of the SFD of the impactor flux has remained in a steady state since the late heavy bombardment, so that the current NEA population can be viewed as a snapshot of the flux of impactors on the Moon. The number of bodies in the projectile population with diameters of 1 km or more is 700+/-130, which is in good agreement with recent estimates of the total number of NEAs in this size range. Our results imply that the contribution to the projectile flux from comets is small for diameters below 10 km.
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Title: | NOTE: The near-Earth asteroid size-frequency distribution; a snapshot of the Lunar impactor size-frequency size distribution | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Date: | 2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Icarus | ||||||||||||||||||||
Refereed publication: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gold Open Access: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
In SCOPUS: | No | ||||||||||||||||||||
In ISI Web of Science: | Yes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Volume: | 156 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 287-290 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Research field: | Aeronautics, Space and Transport (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program: | Space (old) | ||||||||||||||||||||
HGF - Program Themes: | W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums | ||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research area: | Space | ||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Program: | W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums | ||||||||||||||||||||
DLR - Research theme (Project): | UNSPECIFIED | ||||||||||||||||||||
Location: | Berlin-Adlershof | ||||||||||||||||||||
Institutes and Institutions: | Institut für Weltraumsensorik und Planetenerkundung | ||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited By: | Pieth, Susanne | ||||||||||||||||||||
Deposited On: | 16 Sep 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Last Modified: | 14 Jan 2010 19:27 |
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