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Sep 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009em%26p..105..249b&link_type=abstract
Earth, Moon, and Planets, Volume 105, Issue 2-4, pp. 249-255
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Asteroid Surfaces, Spectroscopy, Experimental Techniques, Radiation Chemistry, Meteorites
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Micrometeorite bombardment and irradiation by solar wind and cosmic ions cause variations in the optical properties of the small Solar System bodies surface materials. These space weathering processes are reasonably well understood for the Moon and S-type asteroids. The research is based on laboratory experiments performed by several groups on meteorites and minor bodies surface analogues, whose results have been applied to the spectral modeling and interpretation of observations from large surveys and space missions. Recent results from young asteroidal families, and the relation between spectral slopes and dynamical properties, have stressed the role of the solar wind exposure timescale. Space weathering processes remain poorly investigated in the case of other types of asteroids, and they are still unclear in the case of outer Solar System bodies, due to a strong dependence of the weathering process on the original composition.
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