Regolith: Small Asteroid Layer Formed By Thermal Fatigue
Thursday, April 3, 2014 - 03:20
in Astronomy & Space
The centimeter-sized fragments and smaller particles that make up the regolith — the layer of loose, unconsolidated rock and dust — of small asteroids is formed by temperature cycling that breaks down rock in a process called thermal fatigue, according to a paper in Nature. read more