Femtosecond laser irradiation of olivine single crystals: Experimental simulation of space weathering
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2017.07.025
Abstract: Abstract Space weathering is one of the most common surface process occurring on atmosphere-free bodies such as asteroids and the Moon. It is caused mainly by solar wind irradiation and the impact of micrometeoroids. In… read more here.
Keywords: olivine; laser irradiation; space weathering; space ... See more keywords
Improved space weathering maps of the lunar surface through radiative transfer modeling of Kaguya multiband imager data
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.11.014
Abstract: Abstract Space weathering is a continuous process operating on the surface of the Moon producing nanophase and microphase iron on the rims of mineral grains and within agglutinates. The spectral effects due to these nanophase… read more here.
Keywords: microphase; nanophase microphase; surface; microphase iron ... See more keywords
Space weathering of the 3-μm phyllosilicate feature induced by pulsed laser irradiation
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114736
Abstract: Here we present results from pulsed laser irradiation of CI and CM simulant samples in an effort to simulate space weathering on airless bodies via micrometeorite impacts. For this study, we focused on determining what… read more here.
Keywords: space weathering; irradiation; laser irradiation; pulsed laser ... See more keywords
Luminescence Spectroscopical Properties of Plagioclase Particles from the Hayabusa Sample Return Mission: An Implication for Study of Space Weathering Processes in the Asteroid Itokawa
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DOI: 10.1017/s1431927617000046
Abstract: Abstract We report a systematic spectroscopical investigation of three plagioclase particles (RB-QD04-0022, RA-QD02-0025-01, and RA-QD02-0025-02) returned by the Hayabusa spacecraft from the asteroid Itokawa, by means of scanning electron microscopy, cathodoluminescence microscopy/spectroscopy, and micro-Raman spectroscopy.… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy; weathering processes; spectroscopy; plagioclase particles ... See more keywords
Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies of Carbonaceous Chondrites which Experienced Experimentally Simulated Space Weathering Effects
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DOI: 10.1017/s1431927617011357
Abstract: Introduction: Mineral grains on the surfaces of airless bodies such as the Moon and asteroids are continually modified due to their exposure to interplanetary space. Radiation processing via solar energetic ions from the solar wind… read more here.
Keywords: microscopy studies; space; microscopy; electron microscopy ... See more keywords
STEM of Three Itokawa Grains: Space Weathering and Presence of Cubanite
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DOI: 10.1017/s1431927620022151
Abstract: The particles from asteroid Itokawa along with data collected by the Hayabusa spacecraft tell of a young surface, frequently stirred up and refreshed, on a rubble-pile asteroid composed of equilibrated and unequilibrated LL4-6 ordinary chondrite… read more here.
Keywords: stem three; space; space weathering; itokawa grains ... See more keywords
Space weathering effects in Bennu asteroid samples
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DOI: 10.1038/s41561-025-01745-w
Abstract: The OSIRIS-REx mission deployed contact pad samplers to collect regolith from the uppermost surface of the asteroid Bennu that was exposed to the space environment. Space weathering processes, dominated by micrometeoroid impacts and solar irradiation,… read more here.
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Nanoscale characterization of space weathering in lunar samples
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-83392-6
Abstract: Nanoscale Fourier transform infrared (Nano-FTIR) imaging and spectroscopy correlated with photoluminescence measurements of lunar Apollo samples with different surface radiation exposure histories reveal distinct physical and chemical differences associated with space weathering effects. Analysis of… read more here.
Keywords: nanoscale characterization; space; samples nanoscale; space weathering ... See more keywords