Author(s): Troy Shinbrot, Tapan Sabuwala, Theo Siu, Miguel Vivar Lazo, and Pinaki Chakraborty
Experiments and computer simulations show that the segregation of small and large rocks on an asteroid’s surface can arise from the way particles hitting the surface collide with the rocks already present.
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 118, 111101] Published Fri Mar 17, 2017