The OSIRIS-REx mission collected a sample from the surface of the asteroid (101955)
Bennu in 2020 October. Here, we study the impact of the OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go …

We carry out experiments of 104 m/s velocity oblique impacts into a granular medium (sand).
Impact craters have nearly round rims even at a grazing angle of about 10°, however, the …

Rockfalls can pose a significant threat to traffic safety in mountainous areas. Galleries
covered by a granular layer have proven effective in protecting both the people and the …

We consider the possibility that aeolian (wind blown) processes occur on small, 1 to 100 km
diameter, planetesimals when they were embedded in the protosolar nebula. Drag from a …

Context. Slow interactions on small body surfaces occur both naturally and through human
intervention. The resettling of grains and boulders following a cratering event, as well as …

With the flourishing number of small body missions that involve surface interactions,
understanding the mechanics of spacecraft–surface interactions is crucial for improving our …

Soft materials often display complex behaviors that transition through apparent solid-and
fluid-like regimes. While a growing number of microscale simulation methods exist for these …

The many small-body exploration missions that have occurred over the last few decades
have shown that small solar system objects are covered with granular material of varying …

We compare low velocity impacts that ricochet with the same impact velocity and impact
angle into granular media with similar bulk density, porosity, and friction coefficient but …

In laboratory experiments, high speed videos are used to detect and track mm-size surface
particle motions caused by a low velocity normal impact into sand. Outside the final crater …