Scientists have special terms to indicate each scientifically relevant object around us. At times, these words may confuse an ordinary person as scientists often use big words that are difficult for a common man to understand. For instance, the scientific term for dry skin is xerosis. Similarly, lunar soil is known as lunar regolith among scientists.
Lunar regolith is formed as a result of comets or meteorites that fall on the surface of the Moon. It is rich in oxygen and various metals. The thickness of the regolith varies from one place to another; it is three to five metres thick in the Maria, while the thickness in the highlands is ten to twenty metres.
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