Space weathering must also affect the spectra of the asteroidal sources of the other meteorite groups.
Future MESSENGER and BepiColombo mission will unveil space weathering on Mercury through multispectral imaging observations.
The other side was up long enough for its glassy finish to be worn away in the process Dr. Ebel called "space weathering".
Space weathering can be seen in comparisons of younger surfaces around craters with older terrains on Eros by NEAR Shoemaker and on Gaspra and Ida by Galileo.
Thompson, M. S., Loeffler, M. J., Morris, R. V., Keller, L. P. & Christoffersen, R. Spectral and chemical effects of simulated space weathering of the Murchison CM2 carbonaceous chondrite.
We investigate the effects of these space weathering processes on ice layers in a lunar cold trap.
Res., 117, E00H13, doi 10.1029/2011JE003978, Lunar radiation environment and space weathering from the Cosmic Ray Telescope for the Effects of Radiation (CRaTER) (ADS).
This suggests that the presence of regoligh-like surface would be essential for the effective space weathering on asteroids.
This will have implications when determining the range of space weathering and surface charging the lunar surface experiences.
A key challenge is to resolve potential intrinsic Europan materials from the space weathering patina of iogenic species implanted onto the sensible surface by magnetospheric interactions.
Such processes include thermal creep, electrostatic levitation and redistribution of fines, and space weathering (e.g., bombardment by micrometeorites and solar wind particles).
