A Thermal Model for the Differentiation of Asteroid 4 Vesta, Based on Radiogenic Heating

Icarus

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 187-206

  Ghosh, Amitabha ^a   McSween Jr , Harry Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

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EID: 0000802370     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5956     Document Type: Article

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