A deep crust–mantle boundary in the asteroid 4 Vesta

Harold Clenet (), Martin Jutzi, Jean-Alix Barrat, Erik I. Asphaug, Willy Benz and Philippe Gillet
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Harold Clenet: EPSL, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
Martin Jutzi: Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Jean-Alix Barrat: Université de Bretagne Occidentale, Institut Universitaire Européen de la Mer, CNRS UMR 6538, Place Nicolas Copernic, 29280 Plouzané, France
Erik I. Asphaug: School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, PO Box 876004, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA
Willy Benz: Physics Institute, Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Center for Space and Habitability, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland
Philippe Gillet: EPSL, Institute of Condensed Matter Physics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Station 3, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland

Nature, 2014, vol. 511, issue 7509, 303-306

Abstract: Data on Vesta’s surface material provided by the Dawn probe and impacts modelling reveals that Vesta’s crust–mantle boundary must be deeper than 80 kilometres below the surface.

Date: 2014
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