The influence of interior structure and thermal state on impact melt generation upon large impacts onto terrestrial planets

Lukas Manske, Thomas Ruedas, Ana-Catalina Plesa +4

We investigate the melt production of planetary impacts as a function of planet size ($R/R_{\mathrm{Earth}}$=0.1-1.5), impactor size ($L$=1-1000 km), and core size ratio ($R_\mathrm{…