An ancient core dynamo in asteroid Vesta

Science

Volumn 338, Issue 6104, 2012, Pages 238-241

  Fu, Roger R ^a   Weiss, Benjamin P ^a   Shuster, David L ^b,c   Gattacceca, Jérôme ^d   Grove, Timothy L ^a   Suavet, Clément ^a   Lima, Eduardo A ^a   Li, Luyao ^a   Kuan, Aaron T ^e  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BERKELEY GEOCHRONOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; COOLING; GEODYNAMO; MAGNETIC FIELD; METEORITE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; COOLING; DISASTER; GEOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84867316422     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1225648     Document Type: Article

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