Is there a formula for calculating impact force, abrasion, etc? I was thinking about it and wondering, controlling for all other variables, would the Chicxulub impact have been nearly as devastating on Venus, where the atmosphere is far denser and would likely then provide more abrasive dissipation of force?
The variables (in a simplified model) are metallicity of the impacting body, density of the impacting body, relative velocity to the target body (designating a ground zero so as to account for rotation), atmospheric density of the target body, and and impact angle. Has anyone mashed all these into a coherent formula yet, or are asteroids/comets too inconsistent in composition to make generalizations about their kinetic characteristics?
https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/791S16/791S16L05.ballistic_entryx.pdf
Using this as a ballistic entry calc, can this be unified with materials science to create a coherent formula? Or is there one, and I'm just really bad at googling?
The variables (in a simplified model) are metallicity of the impacting body, density of the impacting body, relative velocity to the target body (designating a ground zero so as to account for rotation), atmospheric density of the target body, and and impact angle. Has anyone mashed all these into a coherent formula yet, or are asteroids/comets too inconsistent in composition to make generalizations about their kinetic characteristics?
https://spacecraft.ssl.umd.edu/academics/791S16/791S16L05.ballistic_entryx.pdf
Using this as a ballistic entry calc, can this be unified with materials science to create a coherent formula? Or is there one, and I'm just really bad at googling?
