Vesta's shape and morphology

Science

Volumn 336, Issue 6082, 2012, Pages 687-690

  Jaumann, R ^a,b   Williams, D A ^c   Buczkowski, D L ^d   Yingst, R A ^e   Preusker, F ^a   Hiesinger, H ^f   Schmedemann, N ^b   Kneissl, T ^b   Vincent, J B ^g   Blewett, D T ^d   Buratti, B J ^h   Carsenty, U ^a   Denevi, B W ^d   De Sanctis, M C ⁱ   Garry, W B ^e   Keller, H U ^j   Kersten, E ^a   Krohn, K ^a   Li, J Y ^k   Marchi, S ^l   Matz, K D ^a   McCord, T B ^m   McSween, H Y ⁿ   Mest, S C ^e   Mittlefehldt, D W ^o   Mottola, S ^a   Nathues, A ^g   Neukum, G ^b   O'Brien, D P ^e   Pieters, C M ^p   Prettyman, T H ^e   Raymond, C A ^h   Roatsch, T ^a   Russell, C T ^q   Schenk, P ^r   Schmidt, B E ^s   Scholten, F ^a   Stephan, K ^a   Sykes, M V ^e   Tricarico, P ^e   Wagner, R ^a   Zuber, M T ^t   Sierks, H ^g   more..

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

^e PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^h CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

ⁱ INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^j TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^l NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^m Bear Fight Institute   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^o NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^p BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^r LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^t MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BEDROCK; CRATER; MASS WASTING; MOON; PLANET; REGOLITH; SHAPE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENT; GEOLOGY; GRAVITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MOON; NORTHERN HEMISPHERE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENTATION; STEREOPHOTOGRAMMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; VOLCANO;

EID: 84860826008     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1219122     Document Type: Article

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