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astro-ph.EP2018★ 22 cited
Effect of Re-impacting Debris on the Solidification of the Lunar Magma Ocean
Viranga Perera, Alan P. Jackson, Linda T. Elkins-Tanton +1
Anorthosites that comprise the bulk of the lunar crust are believed to have formed during solidification of a Lunar Magma Ocean (LMO) in which these rocks would have floated to the…
astro-ph.EP2016★ 42 cited
The spherical Brazil Nut Effect and its significance to asteroids
Viranga Perera, Alan P. Jackson, Erik Asphaug +1
Many asteroids are likely rubble-piles that are a collection of smaller objects held together by gravity and possibly cohesion. These asteroids are seismically shaken by impacts, w…