Difference between revisions of "Lunar Soil"
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| + | The layer of debris which blankets most of the moon is commonly refered to as [[Lunar Regolith | regolith]]. The portion of the regolith of a size less than 1 cm is generally referred to as '''lunar soil'''. | ||
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| + | The term "lunar soil" should not be confused with terrestrial use of the word ''soil'', and no implication of organic content is intended. | ||
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[[Lunar Regolith]] | [[Lunar Regolith]] | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *Lunar Soil at Wikipedia.org [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil] | ||
| + | *PERMANENT.com [http://permanent.com/ http://permanent.com/] | ||
| + | *ISRU on the Moon. by Larry Taylor [http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_knowledge/LTaylor.pdf http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_knowledge/LTaylor.pdf] (PDF)<BR/> | ||
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Revision as of 11:25, 16 January 2007
The layer of debris which blankets most of the moon is commonly refered to as regolith. The portion of the regolith of a size less than 1 cm is generally referred to as lunar soil.
The term "lunar soil" should not be confused with terrestrial use of the word soil, and no implication of organic content is intended.
Links
External Links
- Lunar Soil at Wikipedia.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar_soil
- PERMANENT.com http://permanent.com/
- ISRU on the Moon. by Larry Taylor http://www.lpi.usra.edu/lunar_knowledge/LTaylor.pdf (PDF)
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