• Title of article

    Relationship between regolith particle size and porosity on small bodies

  • Author/Authors

    Kiuchi، نويسنده , , Masato and Nakamura، نويسنده , , Akiko M.، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2014
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    291
  • To page
    293
  • Abstract
    We obtain an empirical relationship between porosity and the interparticle force of granular media based on measurement data on the ground. We apply the relationship to the condition of the surface of small bodies to estimate the porosity and the particle size of the regolith.
  • Keywords
    Asteroids surfaces , regoliths , asteroid Itokawa
  • Journal title
    Icarus
  • Serial Year
    2014
  • Journal title
    Icarus
  • Record number

    2380485