IDing Meteorite Parent Bodies

Bottom Line on Space Weathering andCharacterizations of Asteroid SurfaceMaterialsSpace weathering calls into question mostcurve matching results– Curve matching would require – at a minimum – aclear understanding of the space weatheringmechanisms on asteroid surfaces.Interpretations based on diagnosticparameters are essentially unaffected byspace weathering– The main uncertainty lies in the interpretivecalibrations (e.g. band position vs. composition,etc.)