SPACEU SYMPOSIUM:

DR. AUTUMN SHACKELFORD

Carbon is present throughout the Solar System in many forms, but it may have played a special role in the formation and evolution of Mercury and C-type asteroids. The effects of space weathering on C-rich, highly reduced regolith’s remains unclear. What space weathering products are formed when little to no iron is present on a planetary surface?

UCF | Planetary Science

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