[meteorite-list] "Space Erosion" of Asteroids by Thermal Fatigue

[Paul H.]

Baked Asteroids Suffer Fatigue and Fragment
by Ian O'Neill, Discovery News, April 2, 2014 
http://news.discovery.com/space/asteroids-meteors-meteorites/baked-asteroids-suffer-fatigue-and-fragment-140402.htm

Team finds regolith of small asteroids formed by 
thermal fatigue, PhysOrg News, April 2, 2104
http://phys.org/news/2014-04-team-regolith-small-asteroids-thermal.html

Delbo, M., G. Libourel, J. Wilkerson, N. Murdoch,	
P. Michel, K. T. Ramesh,	 C. Ganino, C. Verati, and	
S. Marchi, 2014, Thermal Fatigue as the Origin of 
Regolith on Small Asteroids. Published online 02 
April 2014 DOI: 10.1038/nature13153 
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature13153.html

Yours,

Paul H.