Surface composition of Vesta: Issues and integrated approach

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 163, Issue 1-4, 2011, Pages 117-139

  Pieters, Carle M ^a   McFadden, Lucy A ^b   Prettyman, Thomas ^c   De Sanctis, M Cristina ^d   McCord, Thomas B ^e   Hiroi, Takahiro ^a   Klima, Rachel ^f   Li, Jian Yang ^g   Jaumann, Ralf ^h  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^e Bear Fight Institute   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^g University of Maryland   (United States)

^h GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dawn mission; Great South Crater; Space weathering; Vesta composition; Volatiles on asteroids

Indexed keywords

DAWN MISSION; FRAMING CAMERA; GREAT SOUTH CRATER; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; INTEGRATED APPROACH; LOCAL SCALE; MULTI-SPECTRAL; NEAR-INFRARED IMAGING; SPACE WEATHERING; THIN LAYERS;

ASTEROIDS; GAMMA RAYS; OLIVINE; SOLAR WIND; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING); WEATHERING;

SURFACES;

EID: 84855679050     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: 15729672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-011-9809-5     Document Type: Article

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