First mineralogical maps of 4 Vesta

De Sanctis, Maria Cristina and Nathues, A. and Ammannito, E. and Capaccioni, F. and Frigen, A. and Le Corre, L. and Jaumann, Ralf and Palomba, E. and Pieters, Carle M. and Reddy, V. and Stephan, K. and Tosi, Nicola and Yingst, A. and Zambon, A. and Barucci, M. A. and Blewett, D. and Capria, M. T. and Combe, J. P. and Denevi, B. and Keller, H. U. and Marchi, S. and McCord, T. B. and McFadden, L.A. and McSween, H.Y. and Raymond, C.A. and Russell, C.T. and Li, J. Y. and Sunshine, J.M. and Toplis, M. (2012) First mineralogical maps of 4 Vesta. Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2012, 19.-23. März 2012, The Woodlands, Texas, USA.

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Abstract

Before Dawn arrived at 4 Vesta only very low spatial resolution (~50 km) albedo and color maps were available from HST data. Also ground-based color and spectroscopic data were utilized as a first attempt to map Vesta’s mineralogical diversity [1-4]. The VIR spectrometer [5] onboard Dawn has ac-quired hyperspectral data while the FC camera [6] ob-tained multi-color data of the Vestan surface at very high spatial resolutions, allowing us to map complex geologic, morphologic units and features. We here re-port about the results obtained from a preliminary global mineralogical map of Vesta, based on data from the Survey orbit. This map is part of an iterative map-ping effort; the map is refined with each improvement in resolution.

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Title:

First mineralogical maps of 4 Vesta

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors	Author's ORCID iD	ORCID Put Code
De Sanctis, Maria Cristina	Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica, Rome, Italy.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Nathues, A.	Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Ammannito, E.	INAF, Istituto di Fisica Dello Spazio Interplanetario, Roma, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Capaccioni, F.	Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Frigen, A.	INAF, Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica,Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Le Corre, L.	Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique, 2 rue de la Houssinière, 44322 Nantes	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Jaumann, Ralf	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Palomba, E.	Institute for Interplanetary Space Physics (IFSI), Rome, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Pieters, Carle M.	Brown University, Providence, RI, United States.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Reddy, V.	Department of Space Studies, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND 58202, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Stephan, K.	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Tosi, Nicola	UNSPECIFIED	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4912-2848	UNSPECIFIED
Yingst, A.	Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Zambon, A.	DIMeG, Università di Padova, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Barucci, M. A.	Observatoire de Paris, Meudon, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Blewett, D.	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd. Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Capria, M. T.	Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Roma, Italy	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Combe, J. P.	Space Science Inst., Winthrop WA, USA, Lab. de Planetologie et de Geodynamique, U. de Nantes, Nantes, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Denevi, B.	Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd. Laurel, MD 20723-6099, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Keller, H. U.	Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Katlenburg-Lindau	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Marchi, S.	Department of Astronomy, University of Padua	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
McCord, T. B.	HIGP/SOEST, University of Hawaii, Winthrop, WA, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
McFadden, L.A.	University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
McSween, H.Y.	University of Tennessee, Knoxville	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Raymond, C.A.	Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91109-8099, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Russell, C.T.	Institute of Geophysics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Li, J. Y.	University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Sunshine, J.M.	Department of Geological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED
Toplis, M.	University of Toulouse, France	UNSPECIFIED	UNSPECIFIED

Date:

2012

Open Access:

Yes

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Published

Keywords:

Dawn, Vesta, asteroid, mineralogy

Event Title:

Lunar and Planetary Science Conference 2012

Event Location:

The Woodlands, Texas, USA

Event Type:

international Conference

Event Dates:

19.-23. März 2012

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

Space Exploration

DLR - Research area:

Raumfahrt

DLR - Program:

R EW - Space Exploration

DLR - Research theme (Project):

R - Project DAWN

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Planetary Geology

Deposited By:

Pieth, Susanne

Deposited On:

26 Sep 2012 09:12

Last Modified:

29 Mar 2023 00:15

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