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Origin of dark material on vesta from dawn fc data: remnant carbonaceous chondrite impators
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Mittlefehldt, David W. Reddy, V. Nathues, A. LeCorre, L. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Description | NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered orbit around asteroid (4) Vesta in July 2011 for a yearlong mapping orbit. The surface of Vesta as imaged by the Dawn Framing Camera (FC) revealed a surface that is unlike any asteroid we have visited so far with a spacecraft. Albedo and color variations on Vesta are the most diverse in the asteroid belt with a majority of these linked to distinct compositional units on the asteroid s surface. FC discovered dark material on Vesta. These low albedo surface features were first observed during Rotational Characterization 3 phase at a resolution of approx. 487 m/pixel. Here we explore the composition and possible meteoritical analogs for the dark material on Vesta. |
| File Size | 83489 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20120011565 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t49p81w72 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2012-08-12 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Vesta Asteroid Albedo Spacecraft Instruments Craters Topography Surface Properties Carbonaceous Chondrites Framing Cameras Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
