Nature Communications (Jun 2020)
In situ evidence of thermally induced rock breakdown widespread on Bennu’s surface
- J. L. Molaro,
- K. J. Walsh,
- E. R. Jawin,
- R.-L. Ballouz,
- C. A. Bennett,
- D. N. DellaGiustina,
- D. R. Golish,
- C. Drouet d’Aubigny,
- B. Rizk,
- S. R. Schwartz,
- R. D. Hanna,
- S. J. Martel,
- M. Pajola,
- H. Campins,
- A. J. Ryan,
- W. F. Bottke,
- D. S. Lauretta
Affiliations
- J. L. Molaro
- Planetary Science Institute
- K. J. Walsh
- Southwest Research Institute
- E. R. Jawin
- Department of Mineral Sciences, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
- R.-L. Ballouz
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- C. A. Bennett
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- D. N. DellaGiustina
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- D. R. Golish
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- C. Drouet d’Aubigny
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- B. Rizk
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- S. R. Schwartz
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- R. D. Hanna
- Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas
- S. J. Martel
- Department of Earth Sciences, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
- M. Pajola
- INAF-Astronomical Observatory of Padova
- H. Campins
- Department of Physics, University of Central Florida
- A. J. Ryan
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- W. F. Bottke
- Southwest Research Institute
- D. S. Lauretta
- Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16528-7
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 11
Abstract
In their study, the authors discuss the potential of thermal weathering on airless bodies. As a case study, they use boulder and fracture morphologies on asteroid Bennu.
