Dark spots on Mercury show no signs of weathering during 30 Earth months

Yichen Wang; Zhiyong Xiao; Rui Xu; Zhouxuan Xiao; Jun Cui

doi:10.1038/s43247-022-00634-z

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2022)

Dark spots on Mercury show no signs of weathering during 30 Earth months

Yichen Wang,
Zhiyong Xiao,
Rui Xu,
Zhouxuan Xiao,
Jun Cui

Affiliations

Yichen Wang: Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University
Zhiyong Xiao: Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University
Rui Xu: Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University
Zhouxuan Xiao: School of Geospatial Engineering and Science, Sun Yat‐sen University
Jun Cui: Planetary Environmental and Astrobiological Research Laboratory, School of Atmospheric Sciences, Sun Yat‐sen University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00634-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Space weathering of graphite yields unnoticeable reflectance changes over 40 Earth years on the surface of Mercury, according to the time-series remote-sensing images acquired during the MESSENGER mission.

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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