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
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