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Sputtering experiments have been carried out in the lunar laboratory at Cornell (first by B. Hapke) since 1964. These have shown that solar wind exposure will lead to the deposition of a dark layer on grains of most rocks. The nature of this layer is not yet known with certainty, but it is thought to be chiefly due to reduced metals. This confirms the supposition, first put forward in 1955, that the albedo of any part of the lunar surface is dependent on the length of time for which it has been exposed. This albedo effect is likely to dominate over effects due to regional chemical differences.
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Gold, T. (1973). Sputtering and Darkening of the Grains on the Lunar Surface. In: Grard, R.J.L. (eds) Photon and Particle Interactions with Surfaces in Space. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 37. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-2647-5_34
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