Dr.Robert Luther

Langer, N., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K., Koch, F., Linke, S. (2024). From Debris to Resource: Simulating High-Velocity Impacts of Space Debris on the Moon. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-956

Hamm, M., Strauß, M., Grott, M., Knollenberg, J., Luther, R., Biele, J., Senshu, H. (2025). Low thermal inertia of (162173) Ryugu a result of horizontal cracks in boulders. Icarus, 430, 116484. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116484

Rice, P., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K. (2024). Modelling Lunar Impact Flashes from Molten Ejecta. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-560

Cheng, A.F., Agrusa, H.F., Barbee, B.W., Meyer, A.J., Farnham, T.L., Raducan, S.D., Richardson, D.C., Dotto, E., Zinzi, A., Della Corte, V., Statler, T.S., Chesley, S., Naidu, S.P., Hirabayashi, M., Li, J.Y., Eggl, S., Barnouin, O.S., Chabot, N.L., Chocron, S., Collins, G.S., Daly, R.T., Davison, T.M., DeCoster, M.E., Ernst, C.M., Ferrari, F., Graninger, D.M., Jacobson, S.A., Jutzi, M., Kumamoto, K.M., Luther, R., Lyzhoft, J.R., Michel, P., Murdoch, N., Nakano, R., Palmer, E., Rivkin, A.S., Scheeres, D.J., Stickle, A.M., Sunshine, J.M., Trigo-Rodriguez, J.M., Vincent, J.B., Walker, J.D., Wünnemann, K., Zhang, Y., Amoroso, M., Bertini, I., Brucato, J.R., Capannolo, A., Cremonese, G., Dall’Ora, M., Deshapriya, P.J.D., Gai, I., Hasselmann, P.H., Ieva, S., Impresario, G., Ivanovski, S.L., Lavagna, M., Lucchetti, A., Epifani, E.M., Modenini, D., Pajola, M., Palumbo, P., Perna, D., Pirrotta, S., Poggiali, G., Rossi, A., Tortora, P., Zannoni, M., Zanotti, G. (2023). Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos. Nature, 616(7957), 457-460. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05878-z

Luo, X., Zhu, M., Ding, M., Manske, L., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K. (2025). Shock Melting and Melt Deposit Patterns in Oblique Impacts: Insights From Numerical Simulations. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 130(9). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025je009066

Raducan, S.D., Jutzi, M., Zhang, Y., Cheng, A.F., Collins, G.S., Davison, T.M., Farnham, T., Ferrari, F., Hirabayashi, M., Li, J.Y., Michel, P., Ormö, J., Barnouin, O., Daly, R.T., Ernst, C.M., Lucchetti, A., Murdoch, N., Pajola, M., Sánchez, P., Dotto, E., Fahnestock, E., Hasselmann, P.H., Herreros, I., Ivanovski, S.L., Luther, R., Nakano, R., Rivkin, A.S., Rossi, A., Soldini, S., Tusberti, F., Wünnemann, K., DART Investigation Team (2023). Low strength of asteroid dimorphos as demonstrated by the dart impact. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2033.pdf

Senel, C.B., Luther, R., Karatekin, Ö., Collins, G.S., Goderis, S., Claeys, P. (2025). DART-scale Impacts into a Complex Low-strength Target: Insights into Asteroid Dimorphos’s Interior from Simulations. The Planetary Science Journal, 6(7), 157. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/addf31

Verkercke, S., Senel, C., Luther, R., Sarantos, M., Martellato, E., Collins, G., Ruggiu, L., Goderis, S., Karatekin, Ö., Claeys, P. (2025). A Thermal Origin to the Asymmetry of the Permanent Dust Cloud at the Moon. Journal of Geophysical Research Planets, 130(10). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2025je009259

Luther, R., Ormö, J., Herreros, I., Benavidez, P., Raducan, S.D., Jutzi, M., Baldauf, S., Wünnemann, K. (2024). Impact Experiments and Model Validation in the frame of the Hera mission. EPSC Abstracts, 17. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-194

Kohout, T., Pajola, M., Soini, A.J., Lucchetti, A., Luttinen, A., Duchêne, A., Murdoch, N., Luther, R., Chabot, N.L., Raducan, S.D., Sánchez, P., Barnouin, O.S., Rivkin, A.S. (2024). Impact Disruption of Bjurböle Porous Chondritic Projectile. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(5), 128. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad4266

Chabot, N.L., Rivkin, A.S., Cheng, A.F., Barnouin, O.S., Fahnestock, E.G., Richardson, D.C., Stickle, A.M., Thomas, C.A., Ernst, C.M., Terik Daly, R., Dotto, E., Zinzi, A., Chesley, S.R., Moskovitz, N.A., Barbee, B.W., Abell, P., Agrusa, H.F., Bannister, M.T., Beccarelli, J., Bekker, D.L., Bruck Syal, M., Buratti, B.J., Busch, M.W., Campo Bagatin, A., Chatelain, J.P., Chocron, S., Collins, G.S., Conversi, L., Davison, T.M., DeCoster, M.E., Prasanna Deshapriya, J.D., Eggl, S., Espiritu, R.C., Farnham, T.L., Ferrais, M., Ferrari, F., Föhring, D., Fuentes-Muñoz, O., Gai, I., Giordano, C., Glenar, D.A., Gomez, E., Graninger, D.M., Green, S.F., Greenstreet, S., Hasselmann, P.H., Herreros, I., Hirabayashi, M., Husárik, M., Ieva, S., Ivanovski, S.L., Jackson, S.L., Jehin, E., Jutzi, M., Karatekin, O., Knight, M.M., Kolokolova, L., Kumamoto, K.M., Küppers, M., La Forgia, F., Lazzarin, M., Li, J.Y., Lister, T.A., Lolachi, R., Lucas, M.P., Lucchetti, A., Luther, R., Makadia, R., Mazzotta Epifani, E., McMahon, J., Merisio, G., Merrill, C.C., Meyer, A.J., Michel, P., Micheli, M., Migliorini, A., Minker, K., Modenini, D., Moreno, F., Murdoch, N., Murphy, B., Naidu, S.P., Nair, H., Nakano, R., Opitom, C., Ormö, J., Michael Owen, J., Pajola, M., Palmer, E.E., Palumbo, P., Panicucci, P., Parro, L.M., Pearl, J.M., Penttilä, A., Perna, D., Petrescu, E., Pravec, P., Raducan, S.D., Ramesh, K.T., Ridden-Harper, R., Rizos, J.L., Rossi, A., Roth, N.X., Rożek, A., Rozitis, B., Ryan, E.V., Ryan, W.H., Sánchez, P., Santana-Ros, T., Scheeres, D.J., Scheirich, P., Berk Senel, C., Snodgrass, C., Soldini, S., Souami, D., Statler, T.S., Street, R., Stubbs, T.J., Sunshine, J.M., Tan, N.J., Tancredi, G., Tinsman, C.L., Tortora, P., Tusberti, F., Walker, J.D., Waller, C.D., Wünnemann, K., Zannoni, M., Zhang, Y. (2024). Achievement of the Planetary Defense Investigations of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) Mission. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(2), 49. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad16e6

Hamann, C., Greshake, A., Hecht, L., Jenniskens, P., Kaufmann, F., Luther, R., Van Den Neucker, A., Helbert, J., Spurný, P., Borovička, J., Gattacceca, J., Anand, A., Kleine, T., Braukmüller, N., Becker, H., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Krietsch, D., Schuppisser, A., Busemann, H., Goderis, S. (2024). Petrography and geochemistry of the Ribbeck aubrite recovered from asteroid 2024 BX1, the closest analog to Mercury?. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-979

Langner, K., Martellato, E., Luther, R., Marzari, F., Rossi, A. (2025). Long term dynamics of boulders in the Didymos-Dimorphos binary asteroid system. EPSC Abstracts, 18, EPSC-DPS2025-347. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-347

Neumann, W., Luther, R., Trieloff, M., Reger, P.M., Bouvier, A. (2023). Fitting Thermal Evolution Models to the Chronological Record of Erg Chech 002 and Modeling the Ejection Conditions of the Meteorite. The Planetary Science Journal, 4(10), 196. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acf465

Van Den Neucker, A., Helbert, J., Barraud, O., d'Amore, M., Verma, N., Adeli, S., Alemanno, G., Maturilli, A., Hamann, C., Hecht, L., Greshake, A., Kaufman, F., Luther, R., Jenniskens, P., Hiesinger, H. (2024). The Spectral Characterization of the Ribbeck Aubrite as Mercury Analog: The Effect of Heating in Preparation for MERTIS FlyBy 5.. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-733

Poelchau, M.H., Winkler, R., Kenkmann, T., Wirth, R., Luther, R., Schäfer, F. (2024). Extreme twin densities in calcite—A shock indicator. Geology, 53(3), 279-283. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1130/G52795.1

DeCoster, M.E., Luther, R., Collins, G.S., Dai, K., Davison, T., Graninger, D.M., Kaufmann, F., Rainey, E.S.G., Stickle, A.M. (2024). The Relative Effects of Surface and Subsurface Morphology on the Deflection Efficiency of Kinetic Impactors: Implications for the DART Mission. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(1), 21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad11ec

Dai, K., Luo, X.Z., Zhu, M.H., Collins, G.S., Davison, T., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K. (2024). Impact Momentum Transfer—Insights from Numerical Simulation of Impacts on Large Boulders of Asteroids. The Planetary Science Journal, 5(9), 214. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad72eb

Hamm, M., Strauß, M., Biele, J., Luther, R., Knollenberg, J., Grott, M. (2024). Numerical Model of Reduction of Apparent Thermal Inertia by Interrupted Vertical Heat-Flow. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-315

Senel, C.B., Luther, R., Dai, K., Luo, X.Z., Karatekin, Ö., Collins, G., Goderis, S., DeCoster, M., Davison, T., Raducan, S.D., Zhu, M.H., Wünnemann, K., Claeys, P. (2025). Effects of proximal boulders on ejecta and momentum transfer: Comparison of 2D and 3D hypervelocity impact simulations on Asteroid Dimorphos. EPSC Abstracts, 18, EPSC-DPS2025-1783. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-1783

García, L., Némenth, P., Henry, R., Luther, R., Varela, M. (2025). Diaphite structures of Campo del Cielo cliftonites indicate a terrestrial collision‐induced moderate shock process. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70024

Luther, R., Artemieva, N., Schmalen, A., Wünnemann, K., Koschny, D., Moissl, R. (2025). Small but mighty: Impact hazards from iron Near‐Earth Objects. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, maps.70086. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.70086

Ormö, J., Herreros, I., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K., Raducan, S., Jutzi, M. (2025). Impact-Generated Clastic Injections as a Cause for Stratification in Rubble-Pile Asteroids. EPSC Abstracts, 18, EPSC-DPS2025-348. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-348

Martellato, E., Luther, R., Rice, P. (2025). Impacts: exploring the far side of the Lunar surface. EPSC Abstracts, 18(EPSC-DPS2025-1864). DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-1864

Stickle, A.M., Kumamoto, K.M., Graninger, D.M., DeCoster, M.E., Caldwell, W.K., Pearl, J.M., Owen, J.M., Barnouin, O., Collins, G.S., Daly, R.T., Herreros, I., Ormö, J., Sunshine, J., Ernst, C.M., Hirabayashi, T., Marchi, S., Parro, L., Agrusa, H., Bruck Syal, M., Chabot, N.L., Cheng, A.F., Davison, T.M., Dotto, E., Fahenstock, E.G., Ferrari, F., Jutzi, M., Lucchetti, A., Luther, R., Mitra, N., Pajola, M., Raducan, S., Ramesh, K., Rivkin, A.S., Rossi, A., Sánchez, P., Schwartz, S.R., Soldini, S., Steckloff, J.K., Tusberti, F., Wünnemann, K., Zhang, Y. (2025). Dimorphos’s Material Properties and Estimates of Crater Size from the DART Impact. The Planetary Science Journal, 6(2), 38. DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad944d

Daly, R.T., Ernst, C.M., Barnouin, O.S., Chabot, N.L., Rivkin, A.S., Cheng, A.F., Adams, E.Y., Agrusa, H.F., Abel, E.D., Alford, A.L., Asphaug, E.I., Atchison, J.A., Badger, A.R., Baki, P., Ballouz, R.L., Bekker, D.L., Bellerose, J., Bhaskaran, S., Buratti, B.J., Cambioni, S., Chen, M.H., Chesley, S.R., Chiu, G., Collins, G.S., Cox, M.W., DeCoster, M.E., Ericksen, P.S., Espiritu, R.C., Faber, A.S., Farnham, T.L., Ferrari, F., Fletcher, Z.J., Gaskell, R.W., Graninger, D.M., Haque, M.A., Harrington-Duff, P.A., Hefter, S., Herreros, I., Hirabayashi, M., Huang, P.M., Hsieh, S.Y.W., Jacobson, S.A., Jenkins, S.N., Jensenius, M.A., John, J.W., Jutzi, M., Kohout, T., Krueger, T.O., Laipert, F.E., Lopez, N.R., Luther, R., Lucchetti, A., Mages, D.M., Marchi, S., Martin, A.C., McQuaide, M.E., Michel, P., Moskovitz, N.A., Murphy, I.W., Murdoch, N., Naidu, S.P., Nair, H., Nolan, M.C., Ormö, J., Pajola, M., Palmer, E.E., Peachey, J.M., Pravec, P., Raducan, S.D., Ramesh, K.T., Ramirez, J.R., Reynolds, E.L., Richman, J.E., Robin, C.Q., Rodriguez, L.M., Roufberg, L.M., Rush, B.P., Sawyer, C.A., Scheeres, D.J., Scheirich, P., Schwartz, S.R., Shannon, M.P., Shapiro, B.N., Shearer, C.E., Smith, E.J., Steele, R.J., Steckloff, J.K., Stickle, A.M., Sunshine, J.M., Superfin, E.A., Tarzi, Z.B., Thomas, C.A., Thomas, J.R., Trigo-Rodríguez, J.M., Tropf, B.T., Vaughan, A.T., Velez, D., Waller, C.D., Wilson, D.S., Wortman, K.A., Zhang, Y. (2023). Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence. Nature, 616(7957), 443-447. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-023-05810-5

Poelchau, M., Kenkmann, T., Winkler, R., Wirth, R., Luther, R., Schäfer, F. (2025). Extreme twin densities in calcite as a shock indicator. EPSC Abstracts, 18, EPSC-DPS2025-819. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc-dps2025-819

DeCoster, M.E., Barnouin, O.S., Cheng, A., Daly, R.T., Dotto, E., Ernst, C.M., Graninger, D.M., Kumamoto, K.M., Lucchetti, A., Luther, R., Marzari, F., Owen, J.M., Pajola, M., Rainey, E.S.G., Rossi, A., Stickle, A.M., Tisberti, F., Wünnemann, K. (2023). Impact Modeling Results of the Deflection Efficiency Resulting from the DART Impact.. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806, 1-2. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2032.pdf

Luther, R., Schmalen, A., Artemieva, N. (2023). Campo del Cielo modeling and comparison with observations: II. Funnels and craters. Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 58(12), 1832-1847. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.14104

Senel, C.B., Karatekin, Ö., Luther, R., Dai, K., Zhu, M.H., Wünnemann, K., Claeys, P. (2024). Inferring the interior of asteroid Dimorphos from hypervelocity DART-scale impact simulations. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-937

Örmo, J., Raducan, S.D., Luther, R., Herreros, M.I., Jutzi, M., Wünnemann, K., Collins, G.S. (2023). Impact induced motion of large boulders and their effect on ejecta emplacement on rubble-pile targets.. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806, 1-2. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1194.pdf

Senel, C.B., Luther, R., Karatekin, Ö., Collins, G.S., Goderis, S., Claeys, P. (2025). Predictions for the interior of asteroid Dimorphos through the DART-scale impact modeling. EGU General Assembly 2025 Abstracts, EGU 25, EGU25-18272. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu25-18272

Raducan, S.D., Jutzi, M., Cheng, A.F., Zhang, Y., Barnouin, O., Collins, G.S., Daly, R.T., Davison, T.M., Ernst, C.M., Farnham, T.L., Ferrari, F., Hirabayashi, M., Kumamoto, K.M., Michel, P., Murdoch, N., Nakano, R., Pajola, M., Rossi, A., Agrusa, H.F., Barbee, B.W., Syal, M.B., Chabot, N.L., Dotto, E., Fahnestock, E.G., Hasselmann, P.H., Herreros, I., Ivanovski, S., Li, J.Y., Lucchetti, A., Luther, R., Ormö, J., Owen, M., Pravec, P., Rivkin, A.S., Robin, C.Q., Sánchez, P., Tusberti, F., Wünnemann, K., Zinzi, A., Epifani, E.M., Manzoni, C., May, B.H. (2024). Physical properties of asteroid Dimorphos as derived from the DART impact. Nature Astronomy, 8, 445-455. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-024-02200-3

Liu, T., Allibert, L., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K., Zhu, M.H., Davison, T.M. (2023). The synergetic effect of the potential procellarum and the south-pole aitken impact on the formation of the lunar nearside-farside asymmetries. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806, 1-2. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1251.pdf

Fesq, L., Raymond, C., Bearden, D., Keane, J., Vincent, J.B., Scully, J., Wünnemann, K., Grott, M., Winter, M., Krupp, N., Luther, R., Ulamec, S., Kleine, T., Bottke, W. (2025). Novel Reutilization of the European Service Module in Service of Planetary Defense. IAA Planetary Defense Conference, 1-3.

Senel, C.B., Luther, R., Karatekin, Ö., Dai, K., Luo, X.Z., Collins, G.S., DeCoster, M.E., Davison, T., Tao, Y., Raducan, S.D., Zhu, M.H., Goderis, S., Wünnemann, K., Claeys, P. (2025). Proximal boulders and momentum transfer from DART-scale 3D impact simulations on asteroid Dimorphos. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 545(3), staf2162. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staf2162

Senel, C.B., Karatekin, O., Luther, R., Henry, G., Claeys, P. (2024). Hypervelocity Impact Simulations of the NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) on Asteroid Dimorphos. Lunar & Planetary Science Conference Abstracts. URL: http://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2024

Luther, R., Hamann, C., Greshake, A., Hecht, L., Jennisken, P., Kaufmann, F., Van den Neucker, A., Helbert, J., Spurny, P., Borovicka, J., Gattacceca, J., Anand, A., Kleine, T., Braukmüller, N., Becker, H., Schmitt-Kopplin, P., Krietsch, D., Schuppisser, A., Busemann, H., Goderis, S. (2024). Initial Analysis of the Ribbeck Aubrite Recovered from Asteroid 2024 BX1. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6418.pdf

Luther, R., Artemieva, N., Wünnemann, K., Moissl, R., Koschny, D., Radulescu, A., Grozea, I., Marinescu, M., Gherasim, M., Teodorescu, B. (2023). Predicting the Consequences of NEO Impacts on Earth. PDC2023, 2. URL: https://neomapp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Predicting-the-Consequences-of-NEO-Impacts-on-Earth-Luther-et-al.pdf

Senel, C.B., Karatekin, Ö., Luther, R., Dai, K., Zhu, M.H., Wünnemann, K., Claeys, P. (2024). DART-scale Hypervelocity Impact Simulations: Insights into the Interior of Near-Earth Asteroid Dimorphos. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6443.pdf

Luther, R., Poelchau, M.H., Kenkmann, T., Winkler, R., Wirth, R., Schäfer, F. (2024). Shear Stresses in Experimentally Shock-Twinned Calcite. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6329.pdf

Langner, K., Martellato, E., Luther, R., Marzari, F., Rossi, A. (2025). Secondary-impact debris in the Didymos system: What could be observed by Hera?. Astronomy & Astrophysics, 699, A123. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202554146

Gao, Y., Zhu, M.H., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K. (2023). Numerical simulation of impact-induced seismic wave generation and propagation using a coupled approach. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806, 1990. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1990.pdf

Lou, X.Z., Zhu, M.H., Ding, M., Manske, L., Luther, R., Wünnemann, K. (2023). Numerical simulations of shock melting in oblique impacts. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/1427.pdf

Senel, C.B., Karatekin, O., Luther, R., Henry, G., Claeys, P. (2025). Simulating NASA DART impact: Insights into the interior of asteroid Dimorphos. EGU General Assembly 2024 Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-12996

Senel, C.B., Karatekin, O., Raducan, S.D., Luther, R. (2023). Post-impact porosity and gravity anomalies following the hypervelocity dart impact on asteroid dimorphos. Lunar and Planetary Institute Contributions, 2806, 1-2. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/lpsc2023/pdf/2598.pdf