| Origin of the Moon in a giant impact near the end of the Earth's formation RM Canup, E Asphaug Nature 412 (6848), 708-712, 2001 | 1168 | 2001 |
| Detection of water in the LCROSS ejecta plume A Colaprete, P Schultz, J Heldmann, D Wooden, M Shirley, K Ennico, ... science 330 (6003), 463-468, 2010 | 982 | 2010 |
| Catastrophic disruptions revisited W Benz, E Asphaug Icarus 142 (1), 5-20, 1999 | 945 | 1999 |
| Simulations of brittle solids using smooth particle hydrodynamics W Benz, E Asphaug Computer physics communications 87 (1-2), 253-265, 1995 | 574 | 1995 |
| Dynamic fragmentation in impacts: Hydrocode simulation of laboratory impacts HJ Melosh, EV Ryan, E Asphaug Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 97 (E9), 14735-14759, 1992 | 389 | 1992 |
| Impact simulations with fracture. I. Method and tests W Benz, E Asphaug Icarus 107 (1), 98-116, 1994 | 380 | 1994 |
| Size, density, and structure of Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 inferred from the physics of tidal breakup E Asphaug, W Benz Icarus 121 (2), 225-248, 1996 | 351 | 1996 |
| Hit-and-run planetary collisions E Asphaug, CB Agnor, Q Williams Nature 439 (7073), 155-160, 2006 | 323 | 2006 |
| Properties of rubble-pile asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx imaging and thermal analysis DN DellaGiustina, JP Emery, DR Golish, B Rozitis, CA Bennett, KN Burke, ... Nature Astronomy 3 (4), 341-351, 2019 | 273 | 2019 |
| Mega-impact formation of the Mars hemispheric dichotomy MM Marinova, O Aharonson, E Asphaug Nature 453 (7199), 1216-1219, 2008 | 272 | 2008 |
| Gravitational aggregates: Evidence and evolution DC Richardson, ZM Leinhardt, HJ Melosh, WF Bottke Jr, E Asphaug Asteroids iii 1, 501-515, 2002 | 247 | 2002 |
| Asteroid impact tsunami: a probabilistic hazard assessment SN Ward, E Asphaug Icarus 145 (1), 64-78, 2000 | 232 | 2000 |
| Density of comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 deduced by modelling breakup of the parent'rubble pile' E Asphaug, W Benz Nature 370 (6485), 120-124, 1994 | 231 | 1994 |
| Craters, boulders and regolith of (101955) Bennu indicative of an old and dynamic surface KJ Walsh, ER Jawin, RL Ballouz, OS Barnouin, EB Bierhaus, ... Nature Geoscience 12 (4), 242-246, 2019 | 227 | 2019 |
| Disruption of kilometre-sized asteroids by energetic collisions E Asphaug, SJ Ostro, RS Hudson, DJ Scheeres, W Benz Nature 393 (6684), 437-440, 1998 | 225 | 1998 |
| The formation of asteroid satellites in large impacts: Results from numerical simulations DD Durda, WF Bottke Jr, BL Enke, WJ Merline, E Asphaug, ... Icarus 167 (2), 382-396, 2004 | 223 | 2004 |
| Validation of numerical codes for impact and explosion cratering: Impacts on strengthless and metal targets E Pierazzo, N Artemieva, E Asphaug, EC Baldwin, J Cazamias, R Coker, ... Meteoritics & Planetary Science 43 (12), 1917-1938, 2008 | 221 | 2008 |
| Size–frequency distributions of fragments from SPH/N-body simulations of asteroid impacts: Comparison with observed asteroid families DD Durda, WF Bottke Jr, D Nesvorný, BL Enke, WJ Merline, E Asphaug, ... Icarus 186 (2), 498-516, 2007 | 210 | 2007 |
| Accretion efficiency during planetary collisions C Agnor, E Asphaug The Astrophysical Journal 613 (2), L157, 2004 | 193 | 2004 |
| The Stickney impact of Phobos: A dynamical model E Asphaug, HJ Melosh Icarus 101 (1), 144-164, 1993 | 187 | 1993 |
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