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Unusual Ti minerals on the Moon produced by space weathering

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作者Xiaojia Zeng; Yanxue Wu; Wen Yu; Bing Mo; Yuanyun Wen; Xiaomei Zhao; Xiongyao Li; Xiaoping Zhang; Jianzhong Liu
刊名Nature Astronomy
出版日期2024
卷号8期号:6页码:732-738
DOI10.1038/s41550-024-02229-4
英文摘要

Micrometeorite impacts are one of the main drivers of lunar space weathering and can alter the properties of lunar regolith. However, the details of such processes are not well understood yet. We used transmission electron microscopy to study a micrometeorite impact crater on a glass bead returned by Chang’e-5. We detected Ti-oxide deposits on the crater rim and identified their detailed structure as rutile (TiO2), trigonal Ti2O and triclinic Ti2O. The trigonal Ti2O and triclinic Ti2O are newly discovered mineral phases in lunar samples. We show that these Ti-oxide deposits could have formed by vaporization or deposition processes following a high-velocity microimpact on the lunar regolith. We suggest that such Ti minerals are previously overlooked space-weathering products on the Moon. Similar alterations to photocatalytic properties and reflectance spectra of regolith may also happen on other airless planetary bodies in the Solar System.

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专题地球化学研究所_月球与行星科学研究中心
作者单位1.Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang, China
2.State Key Laboratory of Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China
3.Analysis and Test Center, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China
4.CAS Center for Excellence in Comparative Planetology, Hefei, China
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Xiaojia Zeng,Yanxue Wu,Wen Yu,et al. Unusual Ti minerals on the Moon produced by space weathering[J]. Nature Astronomy,2024,8(6):732-738.
APA Xiaojia Zeng.,Yanxue Wu.,Wen Yu.,Bing Mo.,Yuanyun Wen.,...&Jianzhong Liu.(2024).Unusual Ti minerals on the Moon produced by space weathering.Nature Astronomy,8(6),732-738.
MLA Xiaojia Zeng,et al."Unusual Ti minerals on the Moon produced by space weathering".Nature Astronomy 8.6(2024):732-738.

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