Mars encounters cause fresh surfaces on some near-Earth asteroids

All airless bodies are subject to the space environment, and spectral differences between asteroids and meteorites suggest many asteroids become weathered on very short (<1 Myr) timescales. The spectra of some asteroids, particularly Q-types, indicate surfaces that appear young and fresh, implyin...

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Main Authors: DeMeo, Francesca E. (Contributor), Binzel, Richard P. (Contributor), Lockhart, Matthew (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-26T03:30:14Z.
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