Sentence examples for * impactor from inspiring English sources

How long did the "impactor" travel to reach its target?

4. Research how differences in impactor diameter affect the type of crater produced and damage caused.

Dr. Asphaug said it could be that Vesta was always the target, never the impactor, and was thus less affected.

"Most of the time, the impactor and the target go off on their merry ways," Dr. Asphaug said.

Scientists have thought of these collisions as mergers: a smaller object (the impactor) hits a larger one (the target) and sticks to it.

Then, on July 4th, prepare to be dazzled when NASA's Deep Impact spacecraft plans to use an "impactor" to collide with a comet.

Next generation impactor.

Micro-Orifice Uniform Deposit Impactor.

The origin of the impactor itself remains an open question.

Recent studies have questioned the original impactor scenario.

A hardened steel ball was used as the impactor.