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Table 1 Projectiles and target materials of the three COLLIDE and the PRIME-3 campaigns

From: Regolith behavior under asteroid-level gravity conditions: low-velocity impact experiments

COLLIDE campaign

IBS

Projectile

   
  

Diameter [cm]

Mass [g]

Material

Speed [cm/s]

Target material

Outcome

Coefficient of restitution

1

1

0.96

0.99

Teflon

14.80

JSC-1

R

0.028

1

4

0.96

0.99

Teflon

17.10

JSC-1

R

0.022

1

6

0.96

0.99

Teflon

90.00

JSC-1

R

0.03

2

1

2.00

10.71

Quartz

110.00

Quartz sand

E

0.01

2

2

2.00

9.64

Quartz

3.60

Quartz sand

E

N/A

2

3

2.00

10.29

Quartz

1.29

Quartz sand

E

N/A

2

4

2.00

8.66

Quartz

81.00

Quartz sand

E

0.015

2

5

2.00

8.98

Quartz

12.20

JSC-1

E

N/A

2

6

2.00

10.62

Quartz

28.00

Quartz sand

E

0.02

3

2

2.05

10.55

Quartz

26.5

Quartz sand

R

9.3 ×10−3

3

3

2.05

10.55

Quartz

29.3

JSC Mars-1

E

N/A

PRIME-3 flight

Box

       

1

1

2.05

9.82

Quartz

48.45

Quartz sand

E

N/A

1

3

2.05

11.76

Quartz

49.72

Quartz sand

E

N/A

1

4

2.05

30.75

Brass

43.19

Quartz and

A

N/A

1

5

2.05

9.9

Quartz

43.75

Quartz and

E

N/A

1

6

2.05

28.2

Brass

19.87

Quartz sand

X

N/A

1

7

2.05

9.82

Quartz

33.32

JSC-1

R

0.078

1

8

2.05

28.2

Brass

19.56

JSC-1

X

N/A

2

2

2.05

28.2

Brass

16.21

Quartz sand

R

0.046

2

3

2.05

11.76

Quartz

31.52

Quartz sand

A

N/A

2

4

2.05

30.75

Brass

38.4

Quartz sand

A

N/A

2

5

2.05

9.9

Quartz

38.73

Quartz sand

E

0.025

2

6

2.05

28.2

Brass

13.6

Quartz sand

X

N/A

2

7

2.05

9.82

Quartz

5.55

JSC-1

R

0.276

2

8

2.05

28.2

Brass

14.45

JSC-1

R

0.091

3

1

2.05

9.82

Quartz

24.75

Quartz sand

E

N/A

3

3

2.05

11.76

Quartz

26.38

Quartz sand

E

N/A

3

4

2.05

30.75

Brass

31.84

Quartz sand

A

N/A

3

5

2.05

9.9

Quartz

48.18

Quartz sand

A

N/A

3

6

2.05

28.2

Brass

15.2

Quartz sand

X

N/A

3

8

2.05

28.2

Brass

4.02

JSC-1

R

0.229

4

1

2.05

9.82

Quartz

25.85

JSC-1

E

0.075

4

3

2.05

11.76

Quartz

20.94

Quartz sand

E

0.020

4

4

2.05

30.75

Brass

27.77

JSC-1

A

N/A

4

5

2.05

9.9

Quartz

52.93

Quartz sand

A

N/A

4

6

2.05

28.2

Brass

10.02

Quartz sand

X

N/A

4

8

2.05

28.2

Brass

13.38

JSC-1

R

0.055

  1. The table of the 108 PRIME-1 campaign impacts can be found in Colwell et al. (2008). No coefficients of restitution could be measured for the PRIME-1 impacts. R rebound with no ejecta, E ejecta production, A asteroid-level parabola (0.05g), X no data available (regolith pillar), N/A no rebound from the projectile on the target could be observed