Fig. 3: Cumulative distribution of the peak temperature and peak pressure that our modelled impactor experiences. | Nature Geoscience

Fig. 3: Cumulative distribution of the peak temperature and peak pressure that our modelled impactor experiences.

From: Pollution resistance of Saturn’s ring particles during micrometeoroid impact

Fig. 3

a, Peak temperature. b, Peak pressure (see also Supplementary Fig. 1). Solid and dashed lines represent cases of the H2O ice EOS and the SiO2 rock EOS, respectively, for different impact velocities. Here target material is not included because the impactor’s materials, potential ring darkening material, are the focus of this study.

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