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Erosive efficiency as a function of gravity. Re...

Erosive efficiency as a function of gravity. Results for the small, flight-based catapul...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Box-and-whisker plots showing the spread of eje...

Box-and-whisker plots showing the spread of ejecta speeds (from just the small flight ca...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Box-and-whisker plots showing the spread of eje...

Box-and-whisker plots showing the spread of ejecta speeds (from just the small flight ca...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Box-and-whisker plots for measured gravity leve...

Box-and-whisker plots for measured gravity levels on the airplane during “Mars/Mercury” ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Generally, π2 = 3.22gwv–2 decreases with catapu...

Generally, π2 = 3.22gwv–2 decreases with catapult distance and increases with gravity. (...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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While there is a general increase in footprint ...

While there is a general increase in footprint width as a function of catapult distance ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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While there is a general increase in footprint ...

While there is a general increase in footprint width as a function of catapult distance ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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(A) Overview of the science glovebox and ejecta...

(A) Overview of the science glovebox and ejecta catapult (mostly obscured) installed in ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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(A) Cartoon illustrating and defining ejecta la...

(A) Cartoon illustrating and defining ejecta landing distance, runout length, and final ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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(A) Runout lengths (i.e., sliding distance from...

(A) Runout lengths (i.e., sliding distance from ejecta impact to where the ejecta stops)...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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The data for our small ejecta experiments in Ea...

The data for our small ejecta experiments in Earth (cyan), Mars/Mercury (red), and Moon ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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(A) Before (left of vertical black bar) and aft...

(A) Before (left of vertical black bar) and after (right of vertical black bar) views of...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Annotated reproduction of Figure 9. The crater ...

Annotated reproduction of Figure 9. The crater ejecta emplacement in M/m versus π2 param...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Schematic illustrating subsurface shear from em...

Schematic illustrating subsurface shear from emplacement of ejecta from Linné Crater on ...

Kirby D. Runyon et al, The Planetary Science Journal 7 9

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Statistics of the four upstream wave families, ...

Statistics of the four upstream wave families, integrated over 06:15–07:13 UT. Columns 1...

I. C. Jebaraj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Wave diagnostics for the upstream interval 05:4...

Wave diagnostics for the upstream interval 05:45–07:13 UT on 2023 March 13. Panels (a1)–...

I. C. Jebaraj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Wavenumber content of the four upstream wave fa...

Wavenumber content of the four upstream wave families, RH, LH, LP-OB, and LP-FA (columns...

I. C. Jebaraj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Upstream plasma overview over 06:00–07:13 UT on...

Upstream plasma overview over 06:00–07:13 UT on 2023 March 13; the interval ends at the ...

I. C. Jebaraj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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The energetic-particle precursor and the compre...

The energetic-particle precursor and the compressive amplitude over 06:00–07:13 UT on 20...

I. C. Jebaraj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Coherence and cross-phase of density and field ...

Coherence and cross-phase of density and field magnitude. (a) Density–field-magnitude co...

I. C. Jebaraj et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Panel (a): distribution of wave propagation ang...

Panel (a): distribution of wave propagation angle (θkb). Panel (b): wave occurrence rate...

G. Q. Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Color-scale plot of wave occurrence rate in the...

Color-scale plot of wave occurrence rate in the (σc, β) space, where cells with a sample...

G. Q. Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Wave occurrence rate against cross helicity (σc...

Wave occurrence rate against cross helicity (σc), where β < 0.2 is used.

G. Q. Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Panel (a): wave occurrence rate against plasma ...

Panel (a): wave occurrence rate against plasma beta (β). Panel (b): wave occurrence rate...

G. Q. Zhao et al, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 1008 2

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Extinction map (AV) of the Perseus molecular cl...

Extinction map (AV) of the Perseus molecular cloud overlaid with RM detections from this...

Haleh Hajizadeh et al, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 283 2

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