'Space weathering' presentation slideshows

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Title. Space Weathering on Main Belt Asteroids. Robert Jedicke - Institute for Astronomy David Nesvorny - Southwest Research Institute. Jedicke Nature Paper. Jedicke et al. (2004) Nature 429 (6989), 275-277. Nesvorny Icarus Paper. submitted to Icarus. The S-Complex Conundrum.

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Interplanetary bodies: asteroids asteroid-- rocky object in orbit around the sun includes:

Interplanetary bodies: asteroids asteroid-- rocky object in orbit around the sun includes: Main Belt asteroid Hilda and Thule asteroid near-Earth asteroid (NEA) Trojan asteroid origin: rocky material that never accreted into a larger object; survivors of the planetary sweep-up process.

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Schedule

Schedule. Today 10/25: Regoliths Tuesday 10/30: Weathering Thursday 11/1: Exploration Tuesday 11/6: Test II Remember: Papers are due 11/27! Need to clear topics with me by next Tuesday. Regolith.

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GEOL3045: Planetary Geology

GEOL3045: Planetary Geology. Lysa Chizmadia Earth-Crossing Asteroids. Introduction. Three groups: Aten asteroids Named for 2062Aten Semi-major axis < 1AU (average distance) Apollo asteroids Named for 1862Apollo Semi-major axis > 1AU Amor asteroids Named for 1221Amor

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Lunar Mineralogy

Lunar Mineralogy. Kaylan Meinecke ASU NASA Space Grant Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Office Mentor: Samuel Lawrence 18 April 2009. Lunar History. Apollo missions (1968-1972) Sample collection Incomplete information about the character and distribution of lunar materials

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This poster is based on an invited review article for Annual Reviews of Earth & Planetary Science. It is currently undergoing review, so criticisms and suggestions are still welcome! I have some preprints with me, but you can download the draft from: www.boulder.swri.edu/clark/annrevsf.doc

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