# Asteroid Collisions

## Site under construction: July 9, 2020

As of May 2024 this site may finally get some updates since the papers are being published. Nothing has changed yet.

![Low velocity shear collision.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MB2-3DZvebLDKa9KXdJ%2F-MB2-ejrgLgIImexkt-E%2FAnnotation%202020-06-29%20191539.png?alt=media\&token=586f5743-0d4c-4610-bda3-f0618bd18568)

![Blender render of a cluster spun around it's own center of mass and allowed to self gravitate.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiv7D1pyOynfH_Y-ek%2F-MAivgpDwFSiCjDcvdl3%2Fbanner.png?alt=media\&token=a94262b7-5c59-41d5-abd3-d9760a5f9158)

{% content-ref url="outline" %}
[outline](https://sss.aeromap.org/outline)
{% endcontent-ref %}

{% content-ref url="animations" %}
[animations](https://sss.aeromap.org/animations)
{% endcontent-ref %}

```cpp
// Project written in C++, OpenMP, and CUDA

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```

* [ ] Currently using trello for this
* [ ] Consider tracking changes here

![Spinning asteroid showing slight expansion along the equator. Spinning about the Y axis.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj0K2rE7ifUzHlb5t9%2FSpinSquish.png?alt=media\&token=2b89ab1d-de40-4a7d-9f43-d76c75a17ce8)

![Two same size on axis clusters configured for collision.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj--ANhag_GhlTO_fg%2FSpinSquishPerspective.png?alt=media\&token=23aa5570-69a4-4fea-ae89-086c838e37d9)

![2D cluster before gravitational collapse](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj-sUf0HHwIiYA8VdP%2FstressChainsConfig.png?alt=media\&token=6a51dee5-00b5-4e26-880d-1a4e388ae366)

![Stress chains visualized as a function of ball compression.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj-5iZ0rf7yjz6RUMJ%2FstressChains.png?alt=media\&token=539079e8-3b79-401c-93ca-4aecd39dde25)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MBXBzCtJHyp3tHZBHKS%2F-MBXCEFwB_5cwXxCS36T%2FallSpinVariationsSortedBy6.png?alt=media\&token=3d1669c4-3963-4c83-8ace-7374c5e1f1ca)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj-k0XO9UzeZUp_1_5%2Fcorrected2.png?alt=media\&token=7e816947-537f-44ce-b7db-4a9b683329a1)

![Impact parameter definition.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj-mIKne9SNQFVp5BG%2FimpactParameter.png?alt=media\&token=c0a3eea4-1af2-4bc4-a60e-01f121026932)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MB33CAkA8DVze5aH-i-%2F-MB34pt3kzR7Ftdqy3iL%2FLeinhardt0.png?alt=media\&token=d6e42624-a1cb-45a8-adac-0db74a0c7d6e)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MB33CAkA8DVze5aH-i-%2F-MB34swffLcBGQaXjzWw%2FLeinhardt22.png?alt=media\&token=a463c82f-c172-4df8-88a1-5a05515a8382)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MB33CAkA8DVze5aH-i-%2F-MB34wOv4UEIrsOuY8dF%2FLeinhardt44.png?alt=media\&token=5e3c8084-5cc5-4bcc-b6a2-29d0a7253376)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj09ukwsohgqvv7eFN%2FAnnotation%202020-03-03%201135471.png?alt=media\&token=f6351d7d-8301-44ca-bb46-512330651cc5)

![](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj0BJ7F8odtdqAONKH%2FAnnotation%202020-03-03%201135472.png?alt=media\&token=0db210ae-e95c-4c39-b813-022bae1dc1b0)

![Old style. Needs update. Distribution of kinetic energy among all particles in a sample collision.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj0gD3vJp27Gu57u5h%2Fmass_distribution_over_kinetic_energy.png?alt=media\&token=a70b2b79-ed50-4558-b009-cd8b29b899c7)

![Sanchez comparison collapsing.](https://3436535606-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-MAe9icS3ABBqBcScxL-%2F-MAiyEmpYrjX4b9Id646%2F-MAj0vfoxFIfdnmcO9cg%2Fsheet.PNG?alt=media\&token=a4812db7-4644-448a-9be1-b436ce2a347e)