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When I throw a drop of [Yogurt][3] (through spoon) into a dish of Yogurt, it caused something like a meteor hitting the earth and something occurs similar to the place a meteor hitting the earth([Barringer Crater][4]). (stable for a few seconds).

[![meteor impact][1]][1]
_{(source: panoramio.com)}

How to explain this process through fluid dynamics?

Is there an equation to explain this fluid dynamical process?

[![meteor splashes][2]][2]
_{(source: zaleski at www.lmm.jussieu.fr)}

(Note: sometimes the [impact of a meteorite][5] is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.)

What is The Physics of a Splash? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/Ry8Em.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/DIXe3.jpg [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barringer_Crater [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event

When I throw a drop of Yogurt (through spoon) into a dish of Yogurt, it caused something like a meteor hitting the earth and something occurs similar to the place a meteor hitting the earth(Barringer Crater). (stable for a few seconds).

_{(source: panoramio.com)}

How to explain this process through fluid dynamics?

Is there an equation to explain this fluid dynamical process?

_{(source: zaleski at www.lmm.jussieu.fr)}

(Note: sometimes the impact of a meteorite is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.)

What is The Physics of a Splash?

When I throw a drop of Yogurt (through spoon) into a dish of Yogurt, it caused something like a meteor hitting the earth and something occurs similar to the place a meteor hitting the earth(Barringer Crater). (stable for a few seconds).

meteor impact http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/11624841.jpg

How to explain this process through fluid dynamics?

Is there an equation to explain this fluid dynamical process?

meteor splashes http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/%7Ezaleski/fig/splashnew.jpg

(Note: sometimes the impact of a meteorite is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.)

What is The Physics of a Splash?

When I throw a drop of [Yogurt][3] (through spoon) into a dish of Yogurt, it caused something like a meteor hitting the earth and something occurs similar to the place a meteor hitting the earth([Barringer Crater][4]). (stable for a few seconds).

[![meteor impact][1]][1]
_{(source: panoramio.com)}

How to explain this process through fluid dynamics?

Is there an equation to explain this fluid dynamical process?

[![meteor splashes][2]][2]
_{(source: zaleski at www.lmm.jussieu.fr)}

(Note: sometimes the [impact of a meteorite][5] is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.)

What is The Physics of a Splash? [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/Ry8Em.jpg [2]: https://i.sstatic.net/DIXe3.jpg [3]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogurt [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barringer_Crater [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_event

When I throw a drop of Yogurt (through spoon) into a dish of Yogurt, it caused something like a meteor hitting the earth and something occurs similar to the place a meteor hitting the earth(Barringer Crater). (stable for a few seconds).

meteor impact http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/11624841.jpg

How to explain this process through fluid dynamics?

Is there an equation to explain this fluid dynamical process?

meteor splashes http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/%7Ezaleski/fig/splashnew.jpg

(Note: sometimes the impact of a meteorite is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.)

What is The Physics of a Splash?

When I throw a drop of Yogurt (through spoon) into a dish of Yogurt, it caused something like a meteor hitting the earth and something occurs similar to the place a meteor hitting the earth(Barringer Crater). (stable for a few seconds).

meteor impact http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/11624841.jpg

How to explain this process through fluid dynamics?

Is there an equation to explain this fluid dynamical process?

meteor splashes http://www.lmm.jussieu.fr/%7Ezaleski/fig/splashnew.jpg

(Note: sometimes the impact of a meteorite is referred to as splashing, if small bits of ejecta are formed.)

What is The Physics of a Splash?