[HTML][HTML] The beneficiation of lunar regolith for space resource utilisation: A review

JN Rasera, JJ Cilliers, JA Lamamy, K Hadler - Planetary and Space …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Space Resource Utilisation (SRU) technology will enable further exploration and
habitation of space by humankind. The production of oxygen on the Moon is one of the first …

Lunar dust and dusty plasmas: Recent developments, advances, and unsolved problems

SI Popel, LM Zelenyi, AY Dubinskii - Planetary and Space Science, 2018 - Elsevier
A renaissance is being observed currently in investigations of the Moon. The Luna-25 and
Luna-27 missions are being prepared in Russia. At the same time, in connection with the …

Episodes of particle ejection from the surface of the active asteroid (101955) Bennu

DS Lauretta, CW Hergenrother, SR Chesley… - Science, 2019 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Active asteroids are small bodies in the Solar System that show ongoing
mass loss, such as the ejection of dust, which may be caused by large impacts, volatile …

Reflection, emission, and polarization properties of surfaces made of hyperfine grains, and implications for the nature of primitive small bodies

R Sultana, O Poch, P Beck, B Schmitt, E Quirico… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
Solar System small bodies were the first objects to accrete inside the protoplanetary disk,
giving insights into its composition and structure. The P-/D-type asteroids are particularly …

[HTML][HTML] Physics and applications of dusty plasmas: The Perspectives 2023

J Beckers, J Berndt, D Block, M Bonitz… - Physics of …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Dusty plasmas are electrically quasi-neutral media that, along with electrons, ions, neutral
gas, radiation, and electric and/or magnetic fields, also contain solid or liquid particles with …

The dust, atmosphere, and plasma at the Moon

WM Farrell, JS Halekas, M Horányi… - … in Mineralogy and …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The topics of lofted dust, ejected atomic and molecular species, and plasma interactions at
the Moon have made revolutionary strides since the last 'New Views of the Moon'review in …

Deducing lunar regolith porosity from energetic neutral atom emission

PS Szabo, AR Poppe, H Biber, A Mutzke… - Geophysical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The porosity of the upper layers of regolith is key to the interaction of an airless planetary
body with precipitating radiation, but it remains difficult to characterize. One of the effects that …

The asteroid-comet continuum

D Jewitt, HH Hsieh - arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.01397, 2022 - arxiv.org
The practical distinctions between asteroids and comets, viewed as products of accretion on
either side of the snow line, are less clear-cut than previously understood. In this chapter, we …

Spin-driven evolution of asteroids' top-shapes at fast and slow spins seen from (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu

M Hirabayashi, R Nakano, E Tatsumi, KJ Walsh… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Proximity observations by OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 provided clues on the shape
evolution processes of the target asteroids,(101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu. Their …

The charge state of electrostatically transported dust on regolith surfaces

J Schwan, X Wang, HW Hsu, E Grün… - Geophysical Research …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The charge state of dust particles on regolith surfaces exposed to ultraviolet radiation or
plasma is investigated for understanding the role of electrostatic dust transport in the surface …