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Erik Asphaug is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Physics and Astronomy as well as Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research spans various subfields including Astronomy and Astrophysics, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Mechanics of Materials, and Ecology.

Their work covers a range of topics such as Astro and Planetary Science, Planetary Science and Exploration, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Stellar, Planetary, and Galactic Studies, High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials, Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies, and Geological and Geochemical Analysis.

Erik Asphaug has contributed papers in several notable publication venues. Frequent venues include:

  • The Planetary Science Journal
  • Nature Astronomy
  • Nature
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Space Science Reviews

Notable recent publications by the scientist include:

  • Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence, 2023, Nature
  • The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos, 2022, The Planetary Science Journal
  • The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS), 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • The New Generation Planetary Population Synthesis (NGPPS), 2021, Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Observations, Meteorites, and Models: A Preflight Assessment of the Composition and Formation of (16) Psyche, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Planets

Erik Asphaug frequently collaborates with other researchers. Coauthors they have worked with often include:

  • Saverio Cambioni
  • Alexandre Emsenhuber
  • Patrick Michel
  • S. R. Schwartz
  • Ronald-Louis Ballouz

Best Publications

  • Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation.

    Robin M. Canup;Erik Asphaug

  • Detection of Water in the LCROSS Ejecta Plume

    Anthony Colaprete;Peter Schultz;Jennifer Heldmann;Diane Wooden

  • Catastrophic Disruptions Revisited

    Willy Benz;Erik Asphaug

  • Dynamic fragmentation in impacts: Hydrocode simulation of laboratory impacts

    H. J. Melosh;E. V. Ryan;E. Asphaug

  • Size, Density, and Structure of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 Inferred from the Physics of Tidal Breakup

    Erik Asphaug;Willy Benz

  • Hit-and-run planetary collisions

    Erik Asphaug;Craig B. Agnor;Quentin Williams

  • Properties of Rubble-Pile Asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx Imaging and Thermal Analysis

    D. N. DellaGiustina;J. P. Emery;D. R. Golish;Benjamin Rozitis

  • Mega-impact formation of the Mars hemispheric dichotomy

    Margarita M. Marinova;Oded Aharonson;Erik Asphaug

  • The ESA Hera Mission: Detailed Characterization of the DART Impact Outcome and of the Binary Asteroid (65803) Didymos

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  • Density of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 deduced by modelling breakup of the parent 'rubble pile'

    E. Asphaug;W. Benz

  • Validation of numerical codes for impact and explosion cratering: Impacts on strengthless and metal targets

    E. Pierazzo;N. Artemieva;N. Artemieva;E. Asphaug;E. C. Baldwin

  • Disruption of kilometre-sized asteroids by energetic collisions

    E. Asphaug;S. J. Ostro;R. S. Hudson;D. J. Scheeres

  • Asteroid Impact Tsunami: A Probabilistic Hazard Assessment

    Steven N. Ward;Erik Asphaug

  • Gravitational Aggregates: Evidence and Evolution

    D. C. Richardson;Z. M. Leinhardt;H. J. Melosh;W. F. Bottke

  • The formation of asteroid satellites in large impacts: Results from numerical simulations

    Daniel D. Durda;William F. Bottke;Brian L. Enke;William J. Merline

  • Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface

    K. J. Walsh;E. R. Jawin;R.-L. Ballouz;O. S. Barnouin

  • Size-frequency distributions of fragments from SPH/N-body simulations of asteroid impacts: Comparison with observed asteroid families

    Daniel D. Durda;William F. Bottke;David Nesvorný;Brian L. Enke

  • Accretion Efficiency during Planetary Collisions

    Craig Agnor;Erik Asphaug

  • Europa: Initial Galileo Geological Observations

    Ronald Greeley;Robert Sullivan;James Klemaszewski;Kim Homan

  • The Stickney Impact of Phobos: A Dynamical Model

    E. Asphaug;H. J. Melosh

  • European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission

    Patrick Michel;Michael Kueppers;Holger Sierks;Ian Carnelli

  • Mercury and other iron-rich planetary bodies as relics of inefficient accretion

    E. Asphaug;A. Reufer;A. Reufer

  • Chondrule formation during planetesimal accretion

    Erik Asphaug;Martin Jutzi;Naor Movshovitz

Frequent Co-Authors

William F. Bottke
William F. Bottke Southwest Research Institute
Daniel J. Scheeres
Daniel J. Scheeres University of Colorado Boulder
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
Linda T. Elkins-Tanton Arizona State University
Olivier S. Barnouin
Olivier S. Barnouin Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
H. J. Melosh
H. J. Melosh Purdue University West Lafayette
Harold C. Connolly
Harold C. Connolly Rowan University
Dante S. Lauretta
Dante S. Lauretta University of Arizona
Ronald Greeley
Ronald Greeley Arizona State University
Willy Benz
Willy Benz University of Bern

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