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
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