A statistical dynamical study of meteorite impactors: a case study based on parameters derived from the Bosumtwi impact event
- Author(s)
- Mattia Galiazzo, Akos Bazso, Rudolf Dvorak, Christian Köberl
- Abstract
The study of meteorite craters on Earth provides information about the dynamic
evolution of bodies within the Solar System. Bosumtwi crater is a well studied,
10.5 km in diameter, ca. 1.07 Ma old impact structure located in Ghana. The
impactor was ~1 km in diameter, an ordinary chondrite and struck the Earth
with an angle between 30° and 45° from the horizontal. We have used a two
phase backward integration to constrain the most probable parent region of the
impactor. We find that the most likely source region is a high inclination object
from the Middle Main Belt.- Organisation(s)
- Department of Astrophysics, Department of Lithospheric Research
- Journal
- Astronomische Nachrichten
- Volume
- 334
- Pages
- 936-939
- No. of pages
- 4
- ISSN
- 0004-6337
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/asna.201211964
- Publication date
- 11-2013
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103004 Astrophysics, 103003 Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/290aba93-7608-4a15-82bd-b118aec16ac4