Dawn at vesta: Testing the protoplanetary paradigm

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6082, 2012, Pages 684-686

  Russell, C T ^a   Raymond, C A ^b   Coradini, A ^c   McSween, H Y ^d   Zuber, M T ^e   Nathues, A ^f   De Sanctis, M C ^c   Jaumann, R ^g   Konopliv, A S ^b   Preusker, F ^g   Asmar, S W ^b   Park, R S ^b   Gaskell, R ⁱ   Keller, H U ^f   Mottola, S ^g   Roatsch, T ^g   Scully, J E C ^h   Smith, D E ^e   Tricarico, P ⁱ   Toplis, M J ^j   Christensen, U R ^f   Feldman, W C ⁱ   Lawrence, D J ^k   McCoy, T J ^l   Prettyman, T H ⁱ   Reedy, R C ⁱ   Sykes, M E ⁱ   Titus, T N ^m   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^g GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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

^l SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^m U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOGENITE; EUCRITE; EXCAVATION; GRAVITY FIELD; HOWARDITE; IRON; MINERALOGY; PREDICTION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPACECRAFT;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; GRAVITY; MELTING POINT; METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOPLANETARY PARADIGM; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84860806312     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219381     Document Type: Article

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