Space weathering of asteroid surfaces

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue , 2004, Pages 539-567

  Chapman, Clark R ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Eros; Lunar surface; Ordinary chondrites; Reflectance spectra; S type asteroids

Indexed keywords

METEORITES; MINERALOGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE RESEARCH; WEATHERING;

ASTEROIDS; SPACE WEATHERING;

ASTRONOMY;

ASTEROID; METEORITE; MINERALOGY; SPACE WEATHERING;

EID: 2342469933     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.32.101802.120453     Document Type: Review

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