Pyroxene and Hydroxyl Signatures in Vesta Newly Calibrated Data from Dawn Mission

Pyroxene and Hydroxyl Signatures in Vesta Newly Calibrated Data from Dawn Mission

Thanks to the VIR spectrometer onboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft, which orbited Vesta in 2011–2012, thousands of hyperspectral images of its surface have been collected. The mission confirmed the HED (Howardite–Eucrite–Diogenite) meteorite composition of Vesta. Moreover, the VIR spectrometer detected t...

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Main Authors: Giuseppe Massa, Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Marianna Angrisani, Chiara Gisellu, Fabrizio Dirri, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Andrea Raponi, Filippo Giacomo Carrozzo, Mauro Ciarniello
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Universe
Subjects:
asteroid
spectroscopy
surface
Vesta
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/9/6/296

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