Michael G. K. Jones, School of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Western Australian State Agricultural Biotechnology Centre, Murdoch University, Perth, WA 6150, Australia. Tel: 61 8 936

László T. Kóczy* **, Domonkos Tikk* ** and Tamás D. Gedeon** * Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Budapest, Hungary ** Murdoch University, Perth, W.A., Australia

Despite their very low surface gravities, asteroids exhibit a number of different geological processes involving granular matter. Understanding the response of this granular material subject to external forces in microgravity conditions is vital to the design of a successful asteroid sub-surface sampling mechanism, and in the interpretation of the fascinating geology on an asteroid. We have des...