surface weathering

Space Weathering on Carbon-rich Surfaces: Spectral Characterization of Fe-poor Mercury and Carbonaceous Asteroid AnalogsOPEN ACCESS

06/11/2025 16:23 · by karmaka · in asteroid, space weathering, surface

A. N. Shackelford, K. L. Donaldson Hanna and J. J. Gillis-Davis The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 11Published: 6 November 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Experimental space weathering efforts and recent sample return…

Micrometeoroid Impacts: Dual Pathways for Iron Reduction and Oxidation on Lunar and Asteroidal SurfacesOPEN ACCESS

03/11/2025 10:17 · by karmaka · in asteroid, lunar, Moon, space weathering, surface

Ziyu Huang, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Thomas M. Orlando Accepted for publication in The Astrophysical Journal PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Nanophase metallic iron (npFe0) is a key indicator of space weathering on the lunar surface, primarily attributed to…

Near-infrared spectral variation in Ryugu particles and implication for rapid space weathering by solar UV radiationOPEN ACCESS

27/04/2025 17:21 · by karmaka · in asteroid, C-type, Hayabusa-2 / 162173 Ryugu, space weathering, surface

S. Furukawa, T. Okada, K. Hatakeda, R. Kanemaru, K. Yogata, T. Yada, M. Abe, T. Usui, C. Pilorget, V. Hamm, R. Brunetto, D. Loizeau, L. Riu, T. Le Pivert-Jolivet, S. Sasaki, Y. Egashira, T. Hiroi,…

Understanding the Effects of Micrometeoroid Bombardment on Graphite-rich Mercury Analogs through Laboratory Experiments and Electron Microscopy AnalysisOPEN ACCESS

18/11/2024 17:07 · by karmaka · in Mercury, micrometeorites, planets/planetesimals, space weathering

Nicolas Bott, Michelle S. Thompson, Mark J. Loeffler, Kathleen E. Vander Kaaden and Francis M. McCubbin The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 5, Number 11, Published: 18 November 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Space weathering…