Solar wind as the origin of rapid reddening of asteroid surfaces

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7241, 2009, Pages 993-995

  Vernazza, P ^a   Binzel, R P ^b   Rossi, A ^c   Fulchignoni, M ^d   Birlan, M ^d  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c ISTI CNR   (Italy)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICATE;

ASTEROID; METEORITE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANETARY SURFACE; REFLECTANCE; SOLAR WIND; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COLOR; LABORATORY TEST; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE; SURFACE PROPERTY; WEATHERING; WIND;

EID: 65549103428     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07956     Document Type: Article

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