Timescale of asteroid resurfacing by regolith convection resulting from the impact-induced global seismic shaking

Tomoya M. Yamada, Kousuke Ando, Tomokatsu Morota +1

A model for the asteroid resurfacing by regolith convection is built to estimate its timescale. In the model, regolith convection is driven by the impact-induced global seismic sha…