Evidence of hydrated and/or hydroxylated minerals on the surface of asteroid 4 Vesta

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 21, 2003, Pages

  Hasegawa, Sunao ^a   Murakawa, Koji ^b   Ishiguro, Masateru ^a   Nonaka, Hidenori ^a   Takato, Naruhisa ^b   Davis, Chris J ^c   Ueno, Munetaka ^d   Hiroi, Takahiro ^e  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^e BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ASTRONOMY; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; WIND;

ASTEROIDS; SOLAR WIND;

GEOPHYSICS;

ASTEROID; CARBONACEOUS CHONDRITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY;

EID: 1642387887     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL018627     Document Type: Article

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