Dr.Robert Luther

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Abteilung:
Sonnensystem, Impakte und Meteoriten

Meine Forschungsschwerpunkte sind: 

1) Numerische Impaktsimulation mit dem iSALE Hydrocode zur Erforschung von Prozessen der Kraterbildung und des Materialauswurfs 

2) Erforschung der Effizienz kinetischer Impaktoren zur Abwehr erdbahnkreuzender Asteroiden im Kontext der AIDA-Missionen DART & Hera

3) Simulation von Asteroideneintritten in die Atmosphäre und Abschätzung der Auswirkungen am Boden

Projekt(e)

  • Drittmittelprojekt

    Auswirkungen von Meteoriteneinschlägen

    Entwicklung einer Datenbank aus einfachen Abschätzungen und einer Vielzahl von vorab durchgeführten Modellrechnungen von wahrscheinlichen Einschlagszenarien

  • Haus-Projekt

    Der Meteoritenfall von Ribbeck

    Als frischer Fall einer sehr seltenen Meteoritenklasse wurde Ribbeck auch zum Gegenstand intensiver wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen

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: 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

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.pdfOpen Access

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/acf465Open Access

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-zOpen Access

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/s41586-023-05810-5Open Access

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

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/epsc2024-937Open Access

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/epsc2024-979Open Access

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/epsc2024-956Open Access

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/epsc2024-194Open Access

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/epsc2024-733Open Access

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/ad16e6Open Access

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/ad11ecOpen Access

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

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/epsc2024-315Open Access

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/lpsc2024Open Access

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.pdfOpen Access

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.pdfOpen Access

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.pdfOpen Access

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/ad4266Open Access

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-egu24-12996Open Access

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/staf2162Open Access

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.70086Open Access

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-dps2025-347Open Access

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.2025.116484Open Access

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-dps2025-348Open Access

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-dps2025-819Open Access

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-dps2025-1864Open Access

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-egu25-18272Open Access

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-dps2025-1783Open Access

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/ad944dOpen Access

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/addf31Open Access

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. Open Access