Regolith

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4496.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4496. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Solar System, Planets And Satellites

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The loose material covering the surface of a rocky planetary body. Regolith consists of dust and tiny fragments of rock produced by the impact of small meteorites and micrometeorites, and is characteristic of worlds which have no atmospheres and have been essentially geologically inactive for a few billion years. The lunar regolith is 2-8 meters deep on the maria, and as much as 15 meters deep in...

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