Space weathering and the color indexes of minor bodies in the outer Solar System
Abstract
We present a model based on laboratory results which contributes to the "nature" versus "nurture" debate on the colors of small bodies in the outer Solar System (OSS). According to our model, objects having suffered the same balance of irradiation and impacts follow specific curves in color-color diagrams. Appropriate combination of composition and weathering can reproduce the whole range of colors observed on OSS small bodies
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress 2012
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012epsc.conf...40K