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Sean Wiggins

Physics and Astronomy · Purdue University West Lafayette

Mid career · publishing since 2015

Publications

65

Citations

267

Est. group size

~1

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

12

Publishing since 2015

Research summary
AI-generated

This record centers on planetary impact physics, particularly computer-simulation data on how asteroid or lunar surfaces respond to high-speed collisions, including studies related to NASA's DART mission (a spacecraft that intentionally crashed into an asteroid to test deflection techniques). Most outputs are archived simulation datasets rather than traditional journal articles, with a large batch released in 2018 and smaller, sporadic contributions since. Note that one listed item (killer whale acoustic data) appears unrelated to the rest of the record and may reflect a data-indexing mismatch rather than an actual research focus.

Planetary impact physicsAsteroid and lunar surface studiesHypervelocity impact simulationsDebris and ejecta modelingPlanetary science datasets

Output was heavily concentrated in a single burst of dataset releases in 2018, with only sparse, low-volume contributions (about one per year on average) in the years since.

Generated by claude-sonnet-5 from public bibliographic data · Jul 20, 2026

Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 1.0/year recently
2017: 2 publications172018: 48 publications48182019: 1 publication192020: 1 publication202021: 5 publications212022: 1 publication22232024: 2 publications242025: 1 publication252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
Publishes in
  • Harvard Dataverse×47
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Planets×2
  • Lunar and Planetary Science Conference×2
  • Geophysical Research Letters×1
  • Science Advances×1
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This profile was generated automatically from public scholarly data (OpenAlex). Group size and activity levels are estimates derived from co-authorship patterns.

Last updated Jul 20, 2026.

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