Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

The Dawn spacecraft targeted 4 Vesta, believed to be a remnant intact protoplanet from the earliest epoch of solar system formation, based on analyses of howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites that indicate a differentiated parent body. Dawn observations reveal a giant basin at Vesta's so...

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Published in:	Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) 2012-05, Vol.336 (6082), p.684-686
Main Authors:	Russell, C. T., Raymond, C. A., Coradini, A., McSween, H. Y., Zuber, M. T., Nathues, A., De Sanctis, M. C., Jaumann, R., Konopliv, A. S., Preusker, F., Asmar, S. W., Park, R. S., Gaskell, R., Keller, H. U., Mottola, S., Roatsch, T., Scully, J. E. C., Smith, D. E., Tricarico, P., Toplis, M. J., Christensen, U. R., Feldman, W. C., Lawrence, D. J., McCoy, T. J., Prettyman, T. H., Reedy, R. C., Sykes, M. E., Titus, T. N.
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Asteroids Astronomy Astrophysics Basins Density Density estimation Evolution Gravitational fields Mass Melting Meteorite craters Meteorites Oblateness Parents Planet formation Planetary orbits Planetary science Protoplanets Silicates Solar system Solar system planets Spacecraft Terrestrial planets Topography Vesta asteroid
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