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Hyper-Velocity Impacts on Rubble Pile Asteroids

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Small asteroids in the size range of a 1 m–100 km are not monolithic bodies, but piles of rubble bound together mainly by gravitational forces and only weak cohesion. Little is known about the exact internal structure of these bodies. While to this day a handful of space mission acquired detailed images, shape models, and even a sample of micrometre size dust from the surface of rubble pile asteroids, no in-situ measurements of the interior have yet been accomplished. This thesis provides a tool to link impact features to surface structures, giving insights on the internal configuration of rubble pile asteroids.

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