Cracking up on asteroids

Heather A. Viles ()
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Heather A. Viles: Heather A. Viles is in the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QY, UK.

Nature, 2014, vol. 508, issue 7495, 190-191

Abstract: A combination of laboratory experiments and modelling shows that diurnal temperature variations are the main cause of rock breakdown and the ensuing formation of powdery rubble on the surface of small asteroids. See Letter p.233

Date: 2014
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