Space Weathering of Genesis Mission Solar-wind Collectors with Inferences for Weathering on Airless Bodies

Physics & Astronomy

• Genesis mission 100%
• space weathering 81%
• weathering 68%
• inference 53%
• solar wind 48%
• accumulators 47%
• micrometeorites 13%
• chemical effects 10%
• coronal mass ejection 9%
• particle energy 8%
• chemical properties 8%
• spacecraft 7%
• sputtering 6%
• insulators 5%
• damage 5%
• optical properties 5%
• irradiation 5%
• characterization 4%
• matrices 4%
• metals 4%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• solar wind 48%
• weathering 39%
• exposure 13%
• micrometeorite 11%
• coronal mass ejection 9%
• semiconductor 8%
• optical property 7%
• spacecraft 7%
• irradiation 7%
• chemical property 7%
• material 6%
• timescale 5%
• damage 5%
• matrix 4%
• particle 3%
• chemical 3%
• energy 3%
• distribution 2%
• effect 1%