Primary Convener:
Saverio Cambioni, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Convener:
Hairuo Fu, Brown University
Miki Nakajima, University of Rochester
Jacob Kegerreis, NASA Ames
Katarina Miljkovic, Curtin University
Charles-Édouard Boukaré, York University
Amanda Alexander, Southwest Research Institute
Maylis Landeau, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris

Chair:
Miki Nakajima, Caltech
Hairuo Fu, Brown University
Amanda Alexander, Southwest Research Institute

Encounters between planetary bodies may result in collisions: high-energy events whose outcomes range from cratering to catastrophic destruction. Impact processes can have fundamental effects on the geophysical properties, interior structure, and the formation and evolution of planetary bodies. We solicit interdisciplinary and integrated presentations covering aspects of planetary impact processes both in solar-system and extrasolar system contexts. Welcome topics include, but are not limited to, collisional processes in protoplanetary disks, formation of planetesimals and asteroid families, giant impacts, cratering impacts, and effects of impacts on planetary surfaces and atmospheres. We encourage presentations that advance our understanding of impact processes from different perspectives, including observations from spacecraft and Earth-bound telescopes, modeling, theory, and experiments both in the laboratory and in space. We will emphasize contributions that integrate modeling, observations, and experimental studies that advance our understanding of the timing, mechanisms, and consequences of impact-related processes.

Index Terms
3672 Planetary mineralogy and petrology
6022 Impact phenomena
5420 Impact phenomena, cratering
5455 Origin and evolution

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
DI - Study of the Earth´s Deep Interior
MR - Mineral and Rock Physics
EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth