Computer Science – Robotics
Scientific paper
Jan 1998
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998nvmi.conf...76w&link_type=abstract
Workshop on New Views of the Moon: Integrated Remotely Sensed, Geophysical, and Sample Datasets, p. 76
Computer Science
Robotics
Aerospace Environments, Darkening, Lunar Rocks, Micrometeorites, Petrography, Solar Wind, Weathering, Selenology, Extraterrestrial Environments, Lunar Environment, Remote Sensing, Robotics, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, Field Emission
Scientific paper
Lunar rocks that have undergone direct exposure to the space weathering environment at the surface of the Moon commonly have patinas on their surfaces. Patinas are characterized by visible darkening and other changes in spectral properties of rocks. They form as a result of bombardment by micrometeorites, solar wind, and solar flares. Processes of space weathering and patina production have clearly been significant in the formation and history of the lunar regolith. It is very likely that other planetary bodies without atmospheres have undergone similar alteration processes; therefore, it is critical to determine the relationship between patinas and their host rocks in view of future robotic and remote-sensing missions to the Moon and other planetary bodies.
Keller Lindsay P.
McKay David S.
Wentworth Susan J.
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