Dark material on Vesta from the infall of carbonaceous volatile-rich material

T. B. McCord (), J.-Y. Li, J.-P. Combe (), H. Y. McSween, R. Jaumann, V. Reddy, F. Tosi, D. A. Williams, D. T. Blewett, D. Turrini, E. Palomba, C. M. Pieters, M. C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, M. T. Capria, L. Le Corre, A. Longobardo, A. Nathues, D. W. Mittlefehldt, S. E. Schröder, H. Hiesinger, A. W. Beck, F. Capaccioni, U. Carsenty, H. U. Keller, B. W. Denevi, J. M. Sunshine, C. A. Raymond and C. T. Russell
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T. B. McCord: Bear Fight Institute, 22 Fiddler’s Road, Box 667, Winthrop, Washington 98862, USA
J.-Y. Li: Planetary Science Institute
J.-P. Combe: Bear Fight Institute, 22 Fiddler’s Road, Box 667, Winthrop, Washington 98862, USA
H. Y. McSween: University of Tennessee
R. Jaumann: DLR, Institute of Planetary Research
V. Reddy: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, 37191 Katlenburg, Germany
F. Tosi: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
D. A. Williams: ASU
D. T. Blewett: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
D. Turrini: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
E. Palomba: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
C. M. Pieters: Brown University
M. C. De Sanctis: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
E. Ammannito: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
M. T. Capria: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
L. Le Corre: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, 37191 Katlenburg, Germany
A. Longobardo: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
A. Nathues: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, 37191 Katlenburg, Germany
D. W. Mittlefehldt: Astromaterials Research Office, NASA Johnson Space Center
S. E. Schröder: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, 37191 Katlenburg, Germany
H. Hiesinger: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Schlossplatz 2, 48149 Munster, Germany
A. W. Beck: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC 20024, USA
F. Capaccioni: Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (IASF), Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, Rome 00133, Italy
U. Carsenty: DLR, Institute of Planetary Research
H. U. Keller: Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, Mendelssohnstrasse 3, 38106 Braunschweig, Germany
B. W. Denevi: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
J. M. Sunshine: University of Maryland, College Park
C. A. Raymond: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
C. T. Russell: University of California

Nature, 2012, vol. 491, issue 7422, 83-86

Abstract: From spectra and images of Vesta, it is suggested that the dark patches on Vesta are formed of infalling hydrated carbonaceous material and the bright patches are uncontaminated Vesta soil.

Date: 2012
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