Spectral analysis of Reiner Gamma on the Moon using the data from Spectral Profiler onboard SELENE/Kaguya
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Space weathering causes the change in optical properties, such as darkening, reddening, and decrease of absorption depths of the planetary surfaces. Two competing processes have been proposed so far as the main mechanism of such space weathering; hydrogen irradiation by solar wind and bombardment of micrometeorites. We use the new data set obtained by Spectral Profiler (SP) onboard SELENE/Kaguya which observed the Moon and approach the actual process of space weathering on the Moon.
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تاریخ انتشار 2011