Lunar space weathering at ultraviolet wavelengths

Details Lunar space weathering at ultraviolet wavelengths Lunar space weathering at ultraviolet wavelengths

Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1238d&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1238

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The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) Wide Angle Camera (WAC) images nearly the entire Moon each month through two ultraviolet (UV) filters (bandpasses centered at 321 and 360 nm) and five visible filters (415, 566, 604, 643, and 689 nm) [1]. Global coverage at UV wavelengths provides a fresh opportunity to examine the rate and causes of space weathering on the Moon. We find that UV observations provide a new tool to more confidently identify the least weathered material. Only the youngest craters (<~100 My) appear fresh in the UV, and the UV reflectance of lunar swirls is consistent with limited space weathering.

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