Low-speed impact simulations into regolith in support of asteroid sampling mechanism design I: Comparison with 1-g experiments

Successive frames showing an 11 ms−1 impact simulation of a conical projectile into 3 mm particles under microgravity conditions. Half of the particles are removed from the image (foreground particles are removed) in order to show the cross-section of the impact. From left to right: time of impact: 10 ms after impact; 100 ms after impact; 1 s after impact.313