Olivine in an unexpected location on Vesta’s surface

E. Ammannito (), M. C. De Sanctis (), E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, D. W. Mittlefehldt, H. Y. McSween, S. Marchi, M. T. Capria, F. Capaccioni, A. Frigeri, C. M. Pieters, O. Ruesch, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, F. Carraro, S. Fonte, H. Hiesinger, G. Magni, L. A. McFadden, C. A. Raymond, C. T. Russell and J. M. Sunshine
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E. Ammannito: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
M. C. De Sanctis: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
E. Palomba: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
A. Longobardo: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
D. W. Mittlefehldt: NASA Johnson Space Center
H. Y. McSween: University of Tennessee
S. Marchi: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
M. T. Capria: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
F. Capaccioni: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
A. Frigeri: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
C. M. Pieters: Brown University
O. Ruesch: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
F. Tosi: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
F. Zambon: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
F. Carraro: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
S. Fonte: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
H. Hiesinger: Institut für Planetologie, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, 48149 Münster, Germany
G. Magni: Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali, INAF, 00133 Rome, Italy
L. A. McFadden: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
C. A. Raymond: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
C. T. Russell: University of California
J. M. Sunshine: University of Maryland, College Park

Nature, 2013, vol. 504, issue 7478, 122-125

Abstract: Although olivine was expected to occur within the deep, south-pole basins of asteroid Vesta, which are thought to be excavated mantle rocks, spectral data from NASA’s Dawn spacecraft show that it instead occurs as near-surface materials in Vesta’s northern hemisphere.

Date: 2013
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