Incipient space weathering observed on the surface of itokawa dust particles

Science

Volumn 333, Issue 6046, 2011, Pages 1121-1125

  Noguchi, T ^a   Nakamura, T ^b   Kimura, M ^a   Zolensky, M E ^c   Tanaka, M ^d   Hashimoto, T ^e   Konno, M ^e   Nakato, A ^b   Ogami, T ^b   Fujimura, A ^f   Abe, M ^f   Yada, T ^f   Mukai, T ^f   Ueno, M ^f   Okada, T ^f   Shirai, K ^f   Ishibashi, Y ^f   Okazaki, R ^g  

^a IBARAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^e HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; SILICONE; SULFUR; ZIRCONIUM;

ASTEROID; DUST; METEORITE; OLIVINE; PARTICLE SIZE; PLAGIOCLASE; PYROXENE; SILICATE; SPACECRAFT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SULFUR;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COSMIC RADIATION; DUST; ELECTRON BEAM; GRAIN DUST; MINERALOGY; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFLECTOMETRY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPACE; SPACE FLIGHT; SPACE WEATHERING; VAPOR; WEATHERING;

EID: 80052167604     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1207794     Document Type: Article

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