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regolith

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈɹɛɡəlɪθ/Sorted eghilortStarts with REnds with H0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Loose dust, soil, and broken rock covering solid rock on a planet or moon.

Word origin

Irregular formation from Ancient Greek ῥῆγος (rhêgos, “rug, blanket”) + -lith (from λίθος (líthos, “stone”)).

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  • The structures on the surface were gone from normal view, pulverized into regolith across a span of aeons.
  • The soil sample, called LZS-1, is the latest in a list of lunar regolith simulants of varying quality that have been developed to help Nasa and other space agencies around the world prepare for missions to the Moon.

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