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===Hypervelocity impacts=== [[File:HRIV Impact.gif|thumb|Video of the hypervelocity impact of NASAβs [[Deep Impact (spacecraft)|Deep Impact probe]] on comet [[Tempel 1]].]] Hypervelocity is very high [[velocity]], approximately over 3,000 [[metre per second|meters per second]] (11,000 km/h, 6,700 mph, 10,000 ft/s, or [[Mach number|Mach]] 8.8). In particular, hypervelocity is velocity so high that the strength of materials upon impact is very small compared to [[inertia]]l stresses.<ref Name="AIAA">{{cite book |title= Critical technologies for national defense |author= Air Force Institute of Technology |year= 1991 |publisher= AIAA |location= |isbn= 1-56347-009-8 |page= 287 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=HsEorBWNGWwC&dq=Hypervelocity+3%2C000&pg=PA287}}</ref> Thus, [[metal]]s and [[fluid]]s behave alike under hypervelocity impact. An impact under extreme hypervelocity results in [[vaporize|vaporization]] of the [[impact force|impactor]] and target. For structural metals, hypervelocity is generally considered to be over 2,500 m/s (5,600 mph, 9,000 km/h, 8,200 ft/s, or Mach 7.3). [[Meteorite]] [[impact crater|craters]] are also examples of hypervelocity impacts.
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