Development of a Landing Mechanism for Asteroids with Soft Surface

<table class="table-group" id="tab3"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Media</td><td align="center">Density</td><td align="center">Water content</td><td align="center">Void ratio</td><td align="center">Cohesion</td><td align="center">Internal frictional angle</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="6"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Clay soil</td><td align="center">1.89 g/cm<sup>3</sup></td><td align="center">19.91%</td><td align="center">0.709</td><td align="center">270 KPa</td><td align="center">14°</td></tr><tr><td align="left">Silver sand</td><td align="center">1.71 g/cm<sup>3</sup></td><td align="center">0</td><td align="center">0.585</td><td align="center">0 KPa</td><td align="center">37°</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="6"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Properties of the penetrating and anchoring media.

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Table 3: Development of a Landing Mechanism for Asteroids with Soft Surface 