Relationship between Regolith Particle Size and Porosity on Small Bodies

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Masato Kiuchi and Akiko M. Nakamura

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Kobe University, 1-1 Rokkodai-cho, Nada-ku, Kobe, 657-8501,Japan

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.

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Kiuchi M and Nakamura AM (in press) Relationship between Regolith Particle Size and Porosity on Small Bodies. Icarus
[doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.05.029]
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