Highlights of the scientific research by the Precious Space team
(Photometrically) anomalous dusty boulders on the Moon
Publication doi: 10.1029/2023JE007910
Image: bright rocks with peculiar dark spots (LRO/NAC image).
Investigation of the micro-topography of meteorite fragments
Publication doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2024.115984
Image: Micro-topgraphy of meteorite fragment. 500 micrometer scene width.
Response of aqueously altered meteorite samples to thermal stresses from diurnal temperature variations
Publication doi: 10.1029/2023JE007944
Image: Fracture plane inside the Tagish Lake meteorite. 1 millimeter wide.
Global mapping of fragmented rocks on the Moon with a neural network: Implications for the failure mode of rocks on airless surfaces
Publication doi: 10.3847/PSJ/acd1ef
Image: Examples of detections of fragmented rocks
Photometry of rock-rich terrains on the Moon
Publication doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115419
Image: Phase curves of modeled terrains at different abundances and shapes of rock.
Response of achondrite meteorite samples to thermal stresses in high vacuum and at cryogenic temperatures
Publication doi: 10.1029/2022JE007306
Image: Infrared image of the inside of a vacuum chamber with heated samples.
Simulation of the topographic evolution of boulders on the Moon
Publication doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115088
Image: Model shape of a 2-m wide boulder after erosion on the lunar surface.
Age determination from rock size-frequency distributions measurements
Publication doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115200
Image: Rocks field on the Moon. Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera. 500 meters wide.
Synthetic topography of terrains on Mars at the centimeter scale
Publication doi: 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105301
Image: Simulated image taken by ExoMars rover of rocky martian surface using synthetic topography at the centimeter scale resolution.