PREDNASAJUCI / LECTURER:
Z. Kanuchova, Astronomicky ustav SAV


NAZOV / TITLE:
Space weathering and the color indexes of minor bodies in
the outer Solar System


ABSTRAKT / ABSTRACT:
We present a model based on laboratory results
which contributes to the "nature" versus "nurture"
debate on the colors of small bodies in the outer
Solar System (OSS). According to our model, objects
having suffered the same balance of irradiation and
impacts follow specific curves in color-color
diagrams. Appropriate combination of composition
and weathering can reproduce the whole range of
colors observed on OSS small bodies.