The structure of the asteroid 4 Vesta as revealed by models of planet-scale collisions

M. Jutzi (), E. Asphaug, P. Gillet, J.-A. Barrat and W. Benz
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M. Jutzi: Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
E. Asphaug: School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 876004, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
P. Gillet: Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Station 1, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
J.-A. Barrat: Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS UMR 6538, Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France
W. Benz: Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

Nature, 2013, vol. 494, issue 7436, 207-210

Abstract: Three-dimensional simulations of the global evolution of asteroid 4 Vesta under two overlapping planet-scale collisions closely reproduce its observed shape; but expected large areas of olivine-rich rocks and pure diogenites are not observed on the surface, possibly implying that the outer ∼100 km is composed mainly of a basaltic crust (eucrites) with ultramafic intrusions (diogenites).

Date: 2013
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