Dr.Robert Luther

Robert.Luther@mfn.berlin +49 0 30 889 140 - 8593
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Meine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: 

  • Numerische Impaktsimulation mit dem iSALE Hydrocode zur Erforschung von Prozessen der Kraterbildung und des Materialauswurfs 
  • Erforschung der Effizienz kinetischer Impaktoren zur Abwehr erdbahnkreuzender Asteroiden im Kontext der AIDA-Missionen DART & Hera
  • Simulation von Asteroideneintritten in die Atmosphäre und Abschätzung der Auswirkungen am Boden

Vita

Dissertation, Freie Universität Berlin:

Luther, R. (2019). Numerische Modellierung der Einschlagskraterentstehung: Materialauswurf und Wechselwirkung von Auswurfmassen mit einer Atmosphäre. Dissertation an der Freien Universität Berlin (Betreuung: Prof. K. Wünnemann & Prof. L. Noack) in Kooperation mit dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (Betreuung: Prof. K. Wünnemann). Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.17169/refubium-4086


Masterarbeit, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:

Luther, R. (2014). Beobachtung Lunarer Impaktblitze: Einschätzung von Sensorsystemen und Erfahrungen aus Teleskop-Kampagnen. Masterarbeit an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Betreuung: Prof. A. Peters) in Kooperation mit der Technischen Universität Berlin (Betreuung: Prof. J. Oberst) und dem Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Planetenforschung (Betreuung: Dr. F. Sohl).

Bachelorarbeit, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin:

Luther, R. (2010). Entwicklung und Anwendung eines Modellgenerators für die Travel Time Toolbox (TTBox) zur Bestimmung seismischer Laufzeitkurven in erdähnlichen Planeten. Bachelorarbeit an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Betreuung: Prof. I. Sokolov) in Kooperation mit dem Deutschen Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, Institut für Planetenforschung (Betreuung: Dr. F. Sohl und Dr. M. Knapmeyer).

Publikationen

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

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

æ 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

Kohout, T., Pajola, M., Soini, A.J., Lucchetti, A., Luttinen, A., Duchêne, A., Murdoch, N., Luther, R., Chabot, N., Raducan, S., Sánchez, P., Barnouin, O., Rivkin, A. (2024). Impact disruption of Bjurböle porous chondritic projectile. EPSC Abstracts. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2024-116

æ 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

æ 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. LPI Contrib. No. 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6443.pdf

æ Luther, R., Poelchau, M.H., Kenkmann, T., Winkler, R., Wirth, R., Schäfer, F. (2024). Shear Stresses in Experimentally Shock-Twinned Calcite. LPI Contrib. No. 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6329.pdf

æ 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. LPI Contrib. No. 3036. URL: https://www.hou.usra.edu/meetings/metsoc2024/pdf/6418.pdf

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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.

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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

æ 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