Physics
Scientific paper
Oct 1993
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993icar..105..326t&link_type=abstract
Icarus, vol. 105, p. 326
Physics
51
Mars Satellites, Asteroids, Topography, Tides, Gravitation, Satellite Surfaces, Deimos, Phobos, Regolith
Scientific paper
An investigation is conducted of the influence of gravitational potential on the disposition of loose material on small satellite surfaces, on the basis of the illustrative Martian satellites Phobos and Deimos. While areas of minimum and maximum regolith thickness are better correlated with high and low regions of dynamic height under rapid/synchronous rotation conditions than with dynamic heights at more distant/less tidally and rotationally influenced orbits, some model-dependent measures of regolith depth show little correlation with dynamic height at any orbit radius. Asteroids may have global ejecta redistributions only if degris furnishes smooth surfaces for variously-driven long-distance downslope motion.
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