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regolith
[ reg-uh-lith ]
regolith
/ 藞谤蓻伞蓹濒瑟胃 /
noun
- the layer of loose material covering the bedrock of the earth and moon, etc, comprising soil, sand, rock fragments, volcanic ash, glacial drift, etc
regolith
- The layer of rock and mineral fragments that rests on bedrock and is produced by the weathering of rocks. Regolith constitutes the surface of most land.
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of regolith1
C20: from Greek 谤丑脓驳辞蝉 covering, blanket + lithos stone
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The floating, sticky dust, technically known as lunar regolith, also made it tough to see during landing or during surface activities; for example, the Apollo 11 astronauts in 1969 repeatedly tripped over an external TV cable obscured in powder.
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Soon, that regolith was gloop.
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Luckily, the lunar regolith is full of metal oxides.
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In their case, when oxygen-containing bubbles form in the regolith, they do so freely, rather than on the surface of an electrode.
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If so, it wouldn鈥檛 be necessary to process quite as much regolith just to keep the lunar residents alive.
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