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Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

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Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

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Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

Publisher

United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

Journal title

Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science), 2012-05, Vol.336 (6082), p.684-686

Language

English

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United States: American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Contents

The Dawn spacecraft targeted 4 Vesta, believed to be a remnant intact protoplanet from the earliest epoch of solar system formation, based on analyses of howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) meteorites that indicate a differentiated parent body. Dawn observations reveal a giant basin at Vesta's south pole, whose excavation was sufficient to produce Ve...

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Dawn at Vesta: Testing the Protoplanetary Paradigm

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1808088133

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1808088133

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ISSN

0036-8075

E-ISSN

1095-9203

DOI

10.1126/science.1219381

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