An anorthositic meteorite supporting an ancient magma ocean on Vesta
Shijie Li, Dongliang Zhang, Qiao Shu, Huiming Bao, Xiaobin Cao, Jia Liu, Liping Qin, Yan Fan, Shenghua Zhou, Dehan Shen & Mingbao Li Nature Astronomy LINK “The widespread occurrence of ferroan anorthosites and other magmatic…
How many Vesta-like bodies existed in the asteroid belt?OPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, R. C. Greenwood, B. Zhang, P. C. Buchanan MAPS, Version of Record online: 24 January 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is typically thought to be the parent body…
Search for carbonaceous chondrites evidence on Vesta through the detection of carbonatesOPEN ACCESS
G. Massa, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, M. Angrisani, C. Gisellu, F. Dirri, M.C. De Sanctis, A. Raponi, F.G. Carrozzo, M. Ciarniello IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 November 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights Study…
Determining the Pyroxene Mineralogies of VestoidsOPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, P. C, Buchanan, M. J. Jercinovic and R. C. Greenwood The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Bulk pyroxene compositions were calculated for a number of…
Mass-dependent nickel isotopic variations in achondrites and lunar rocks
Shui-Jiong Wang, Shi-Jie Li, Yangting Lin, Si-Zhang Sheng Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 April 2023 LINK “We present high-precision mass-dependent nickel isotopic data for a comprehensive suite of achondrites and…
Lead-Lead (Pb-Pb) Dating of Eucrites and Mesosiderites: Implications for the Formation and Evolution of VestaOPEN ACCESS
I. Kouvatsis, J.A. Cartwright, M.J. Whitehouse Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 29 March 2023 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 4 Vesta is the largest known differentiated body in the asteroid belt, and…
Spins and shapes of basaltic asteroids and the missing mantle problemOPEN ACCESS
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Volodymyr Troianskyi, Adrián Galád, Josef Hanuš, Josef Ďurech, Emil Wilawer, Anna Marciniak, Tomasz Kwiatkowski, Paweł Koleńczuk, Brian A. Skiff, Tom Polakis, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Stefan Geier, Dóra Föhring, Denise Hung, Štefan Gajdoš, Jozef…
Pristinity and petrogenesis of eucrites
Jasmeet K. Dhaliwal, James M. D. Day, Kimberly T. Tait MAPSVersion of Record online:18 January 2023 LINK “New petrography, mineral chemistry, and whole rock major, minor, and trace element abundance data are reported for 29 dominantly unbrecciated…
Spectral analysis of basaltic asteroids observed by the Gaia space missionOPEN ACCESS
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Hanna Klimczak, Benoit Carry, Antti Penttila, Marcel Popescu, Joahim Kruger, Marcelo Aron Keniger Accepted to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “There is a great deal of scientific interest in characterizing the basaltic asteroids (spectrally…
Asteroids accretion, differentiation, and break-up in the Vesta source region: evidence from cosmochemistry of mesosiderites
S. Iannini Lelarge, L. Folco, M. Masotta, R.C. Greenwood, S.S. Russell, H.C. Bates Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaAvailable online 11 May 2022 LINK “The cosmochemistry of meteorites provides unique clues on asteroids accretion, differentiation, collisional break-up…
Accretion regions of meteorite parent bodies inferred from a two-endmember isotopic mixing model
Kang Shuai, Hejiu Hui, Liyong Zhou, Weiqiang Li Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPublished: 29 March 2022 LINK “The diverse isotopic anomalies of meteorites demonstrate that the protoplanetary disk was composed of components from…
The absence of an effect of nickel on iron isotope fractionation during core formation
E. Kubik, P.A. Sossi, J. Siebert, E. Inglis, M. Roskosz, E. Siciliano Rego, N. Wehr, F. Moynier Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 February 2022 LINK “The Fe isotopic compositions of…
Evidence for a primordial isotopic gradient in the inner region of the solar protoplanetary discOPEN ACCESS
J. Mah, R. Brasser, J. M. Y. Woo, A. Bouvier, S. J. Mojzsis manuscript, accepted for publication in Astronomy & Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) and PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Not only do the sampled terrestrial worlds…
A young age of formation of Rheasilvia basin on Vesta from floor deformation patterns and crater counts
Paul M. Schenk, Alicia Neesemann, Simone Marchi, Katharina Otto, Trudi Hoogenboom, David P. O’Brien, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 16 December 2021 LINK “Delivery of…
Formation of ejecta and dust pond deposits on asteroid Vesta
R. Parekh, K. A. Otto, K.D. Matz, R. Jaumann, K. Krohn, T. Roatsch, E. Kersten, S. Elgner, C. T. Russell, C. A. Raymond JGR PlanetsFirst published: 01 November 2021 LINK “Dust and melt ponds have…
Specific heat and thermal history of the Sariçiçek howardite
Cisem Altunayar-Unsalan, Ozan Unsalan, Marian A. Szurgot, Radosław A. Wach Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 27 October 2021 LINK “Meteorites are excavated fragments from asteroid surfaces and planets, and determining their thermophysical properties…
Common feedstocks of late accretion for the terrestrial planets
M.-H. Zhu, A. Morbidelli, W. Neumann, Q.-Z. Yin, J.M.D. Day, D.C. Rubie, G.J. Archer, N. Artemieva, H. Becker, K. Wünnemann Nature Astronomy (30 September 2021) LINK “Abundances of the highly siderophile elements (HSEs) in silicate…
The abundances of F, Cl, and H2O in eucrites: Implications for the origin of volatile depletion in the asteroid 4 Vesta
Francis M. McCubbin, Jonathan A. Lewis, Jessica J.Barnes, Stephen M. Elardo, Jeremy W.Boyce Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 August 2021 LINK “We conducted a petrologic study of apatite within eight…
Iron rich basaltic eucrites, implication on spectral properties and parental bodies
C. Carli, M. Ciarniello, A. Migliorini, G. Pratesi IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 August 2021 LINK “Highlights • VNIR absorption positions of eucrite shift at wavelength longer than typical basaltic achondrites.• Absorption shifts…
A model for evolving crust on 4 Vesta through combined compositional and thermal modelling
Jennifer T. Mitchell, Andrew G. Tomkins, Christopher Newton, Tim E. Johnson Earth and Planetary Science LettersVolume 571, 1 October 2021, 11710 LINK “Highlights • pMELTS modelling suggests that diogenites require a Ca-poor source.• Early extraction…
The unique spectral and geomorphological characteristics of pitted impact deposits associated with Marcia crater on Vesta
T. Michalik, K.-D. Matz, S.E. Schröder, R. Jaumann, K. Stephan, K. Krohn, F. Preusker, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell, K.A. Otto IcarusIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 27 July 2021 LINK “Highlights • Pitted impact deposits…
Impacts on Ceres and Vesta: Source regions, cratering, and fragmentationOPEN ACCESS
Patricio Zain, Romina Di Sisto, Gonzalo de Elia Astronomy & AstrophysicsA&A, Forthcoming article, Accepted: 24 June 2021 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)LINK “We perform a study on the impacts on Ceres and Vesta. We aim to determine…
Dynamical evolution of the inner asteroid belt
Stanley F Dermott, Dan Li, Apostolos A Christou, Thomas J J Kehoe, Carl D Murray, J Malcolm Robinson Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical SocietyPublished: 17 May 2021 LINK “A determination of the dynamical evolution…
End of magmatism in the upper crust of asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, L. Forman, T. Kennedy, G. K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayers Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 30 March 2021 LINK “Asteroid 4 Vesta is the only largely preserved differentiated asteroid and…
Trace element variations generated by magmatic and post-crystallization processes in eucrite meteorites
Ben Kumler, James M.D. Day Geochimica et Cosmochimica ActaIn Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 9 March 2021 LINK “Eucrite meteorites are early-formed (>4.5 Ga) basaltic rocks that are likely to derive from the asteroid 4…
ID-TIMS zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Camel Donga eucrite
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw Chemical GeologyAvailable online 22 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • A method for efficient extraction of small zircons from bulk meteorite samples.• High-precision ID-TIMS U-Pb dating for zircons from the Camel…
Spin evolution of Ceres and Vesta due to impacts
Xiaochen Mao, William B. McKinnon Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 05 December 2020 LINK “All asteroid spins evolve due to collisions. Geophysical analysis (Mao and McKinnon 2018b) implies Ceres might have been modestly…
A new occurrence of corundum in eucrite and its significance
Jie-Ya Li, Ai-Cheng Zhang, Naoya Sakamoto, Hisayoshi Yurimoto, Li-Xin Gu American Mineralogist (2020) 105 (11): 1656–1661 LINK “The diversity of lithologies is an important proxy of internal evolution in differentiated planets and asteroids. The major…
Exogenic basalt on asteroid (101955) Bennu
D. N. Della Giustina, H. H. Kaplan, A. A. Simon, W. F. Bottke, C. Avdellidou, M. Delbo, R.-L. Ballouz, D. R. Golish, K. J. Walsh, M. Popescu, H. Campins, M. A. Barucci, G. Poggiali, R….
Modeling the chronologies and size distributions of Ceres and Vesta cratersOPEN ACCESS
Fernando Roig, David Nesvorný Submitted to AJ LINK (OPEN ACCESS) “We infer the crater chronologies of Ceres and Vesta from a self-consistent dynamical model of asteroid impactors. The model accounts for planetary migration/instability early in…
Mineralogy and petrology of dark clasts in the Allan Hills 76005 polymict eucrite pairing group
Kevin Righter, Alexander P. Holmwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science LINK “The Allan Hills 76005 polymict eucrite pairing group consists of 15 paired masses recovered during six different field seasons in the Transantarctic Mountains. Although this…
Timing of the magmatic activity and upper crustal cooling of differentiated asteroid 4 Vesta
F. Jourdan, T. Kennedy, G.K. Benedix, E. Eroglu, C. Mayer Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 24 January 2020 LINK “Eucrites are extraterrestrial basalts and cumulate gabbros formed, and subsequently more…
Distribution and spectrophotometric classification of basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Jad-Alexandru Mansour, Marcel Popescu, Julia de León, Javier Licandro MNRAS 000, 1–13 (2019) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “We aim to determine the distribution of basaltic asteroids (classified as V-types) based on the spectrophotometric data reported in…
An experimental assessment of the potential of sulfide saturation of the source regions of eucrites and angrites: implications for asteroidal models of core formation, late accretion and volatile element depletions
E.S. Steenstra, J. Berndt, S. Klemme, A. Rohrbach, E.S.Bullock, W. van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 15 October 2019 LINK “The geochemistry of asteroidal magmas provides fundamental clues to…
The geologic history of Vesta inferred from combined 207Pb/206Pb and 40Ar/39Ar chronology of basaltic eucrites
Tsuyoshi Iizuka, Fred Jourdan, Akira Yamaguchi, Piers Koefoed, Yuki Hibiya, Kengo T. M. Ito, Yuri Amelin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 26 September 2019 LINK “Eucrites represent samples of mafic…
Differentiation and magmatic history of Vesta: Constraints from HED meteorites and dawn spacecraft data
Harry Y. McSween, Carol A. Raymond, Edward M. Stolper, David W. Mittlefehldt, Michael B.Baker, Nicole G.Lunning, Andrew W.Beck, Timothy M. Hahn Geochemistry In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 14 September 2019 LINK “Quantifying the amounts…
Detection of Crystalline and Fine-grained Calcic Plagioclases on Vesta
E. Palomba, E. D’Aversa, T. M. Sato, A. Longobardo, F. Dirri, S. Aoki, G. Orton, G. Sindoni, F. Oliva, G. Carrozzo, and Y. Kasaba The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 882, Number 2 LINK “Plagioclase feldspars…
Potassium isotopic compositions of howardite-eucrite-diogenite meteorites
Zhen Tian, Heng Chen, Bruce Fegley, Katharina Lodders, Jean-Alix Barrat, James M.D.Day, Kun Wang (王昆) Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 21 August 2019 LINK “We report new high-precision stable K…
Tracking the volatile and magmatic history of Vesta from chromium stable isotope variations in eucrite and diogenite meteorites
Ke Zhu, Paolo A. Sossi, Julien Siebert, Frédéric Moynier Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 1 August 2019 LINK “Although Solar System bodies exhibit large variations in their volatile element abundances,…
Investigating magmatic processes in the early Solar System using the Cl isotopic systematics of eucritesOPEN ACCESS
T.J. Barrett, J.J. Barnes, M. Anand, I.A. Franchi, R.C. Greenwood, B.L.A. Charlier, X.Zhao, F. Moyniere, M.M. Grady Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 22 June 2019 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN…
Mesosiderite formation on asteroid 4 Vesta by a hit-and-run collisionOPEN ACCESS
Makiko K. Haba, Jörn-Frederik Wotzlaw, Yi-Jen Lai, Akira Yamaguchi & Maria Schönbächler Nature Geoscience, 1–6 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) (update: 31 March 2021) “Collision and disruption processes of protoplanetary bodies in the early Solar System…
176Lu–176Hf and 87Rb–87Sr Systematics and Rare Earth Element Abundances of Nine Diogenite Meteorites: Evidence for Their Crystallization from Partial Melts of the Vestan Mantle
Takaharu Saito, Hiroshi Hidaka, and Seung-Gu Lee The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 877, Number 2 LINK “Howardite–eucrite–diogenite meteorites are believed to originate in the crust of the asteroid 4 Vesta, whose differentiation processes are still controversial….
On the source of diogenites and olivine diogenites: Compositional diversity from variable fO2
Jennifer T. Mitchell, Andrew G. Tomkins Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 23 May 2019 LINK “The genesis of diogenites and olivine-bearing diogenites has been debated for decades, with current models…
Carbonaceous matter in the Sariçiçek meteorite
Mehmet Yesiltas, Timothy D. Glotch, Steven Jaret, Alexander B. Verchovsky, Richard C. Greenwood Meteoritics & Planetary Science First Published: 4 April 2019 LINK “As of today, the Sariçiçek (SC) meteorite is the newest howardite and…
Oxygen isotopes in HED meteorites and their constraints on parent asteroids
Chuantong Zhang, Bingkui Miao, Huaiyu He Planetary and Space Science In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 19 February 2019 LINK “Highlights • 146 HEDs have similar Δ17O values of −0.240 ± 0.020‰ (2σ) and derive from 4Vesta….
The common origin of family and non-family asteroids
Stanley F. Dermott, Apostolos A. Christou, Dan Li, Thomas. J. J. Kehoe & J. Malcolm Robinson Nature Astronomy (2018) LINK “All asteroids are currently classified as either family, originating from the disruption of known bodies1,…
Basaltic material in the main belt: a tale of two (or more) parent bodies?OPEN ACCESS
S. Ieva,E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Fulvio,D. Perna, E. Mazzotta Epifani, H. Medeiros, M. Fulchignoni accepted for publication to MNRAS PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The majority of basaltic objects in the main belt are dynamically connected…
Sulfur isotope signatures of eucrites and diogenites
Nanping Wu, James Farquhar, James W. Dottin III, Nivea Magalhães Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 233,15 July 2018,Pages 1-13 LINK “High precision sulfur isotope data on eight eucrites and two diogenites are reported to explore…
The late accretion and erosion of Vesta’s crust recorded by eucrites and diogenites as an astrochemical window into the formation of Jupiter and the early evolution of the Solar SystemOPEN ACCESS
D. Turrini, V. Svetsov, G. Consolmagno, S. Sirono, M. Jutzi Icarus In Press, Available online 4 April 2018 LINK PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Highlights • The eucrites and diogenites are differentiated meteorites whose genetic link with…
Isotopic evolution of the protoplanetary disk and the building blocks of Earth and the Moon
Martin Schiller, Martin Bizzarro & Vera Assis Fernandes Nature volume 555, pages 507–510 (22 March 2018) doi:10.1038/nature25990 LINK “Nucleosynthetic isotope variability among Solar System objects is often used to probe the genetic relationship between meteorite…
Differentiation and magmatic activity in Vesta evidenced by 26Al-26Mg dating in eucrites and diogenitesOPEN ACCESS
G. Hublet, V. Debaille, J. Wimpenny, Q-Z. Yin Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 September 2017 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The 26Al-26Mg short-lived chronometer has been widely used…
Rubidium isotopic composition of the Earth, meteorites, and the Moon: Evidence for the origin of volatile loss during planetary accretionOPEN ACCESS
Emily A. Pringle, Frédéric Moynier Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Volume 473, 1 September 2017, Pages 62-70 LINK “Highlights • We measured high-precision stable Rb isotope ratios in terrestrial samples, chondrites, HED meteorites, and lunar…
Secondary-volatiles linked metallic iron in eucrites: The dual-origin metals of Camel Donga.
Paul H. Warren, Junko Isa, Mitsuru Ebihara, Akira Yamaguchi and Bastian Baecker Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12827 LINK “The unique occurrence of abundant (~1 vol%) near-pure-Fe metal in the Camel Donga eucrite is more…
Modeling the early evolution of Vesta.
Weisfeiler, M., Turcotte, D. L. and Kellogg, L. H. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12836 LINK “The early evolution of the asteroid Vesta has been extensively studied because of the availability of relevant data, especially…
Iron isotopic fractionation between silicate mantle and metallic core at high pressureOPEN ACCESS
Jin Liu, Nicolas Dauphas, Mathieu Roskosz, Michael Y. Hu, Hong Yang, Wenli Bi, Jiyong Zhao, Esen E. Alp, Justin Y. Hu & Jung-Fu Lin Nature Communications 8, Article number: 14377 (2017) doi:10.1038/ncomms14377 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)…
Non-Vestoid candidate asteroids in the inner main beltOPEN ACCESS
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Brian A. Skiff, Nick Moskovitz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Anna Marciniak, Javier Licandro, Mattia Galiazzo, Werner Zeilinger Astronomy & Astrophysics December 16, 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) abstract “Most Howardite-Eucrite-Diogenite (HED) meteorites (analogs to V-type asteroids)…
Thermal evolution of planetesimals during accretion
Y. Ricard, D. Bercovici, F. Albarède Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • joint mass-temperature distributions in a planetesimal swarm • molten planetary embryos are formed in only a…
Geochemistry and petrology of howardite Miller Range 11100: A lithologically diverse piece of the Vestan regolith
Gregory, T., Joy, K. H., Strekopytov, S. and Curran, N. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12782 LINK “The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites, which most likely originate from the asteroid Vesta, provide an opportunity…
Hiding in the howardites: Unequilibrated eucrite clasts as a guide to the formation of Vesta’s crust.
Mayne, R. G., Smith, S. E. and Corrigan, C. M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12730 LINK “204 howardites in the National Meteorite Collection at the Smithsonian were examined for the presence of fine-grained eucrite…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids outside the Vesta family
Alessandra Migliorini, M.C. De Sanctis, D. Lazzaro, and E. Ammannito MNRAS doi:10.1093/mnras/stw2441 first published online September 26, 2016 LINK “We present new NIR reflectance spectra of 10 V-type candidate asteroids obtained at the 3.6 m…
Global variations in regolith properties on asteroid Vesta from Dawn’s low-altitude mapping orbit.
Denevi, B. W., Beck, A. W., Coman, E. I., Thomson, B. J., Ammannito, E., Blewett, D. T., Sunshine, J. M., De Sanctis, M. C., Li, J.-Y., Marchi, S., Mittlefehldt, D. W., Petro, N. E., Raymond,…
Olivine on Vesta as exogenous contaminants brought by impacts: Constraints from modeling Vesta’s collisional history and from impact simulationsOPEN ACCESS
D. Turrini, V. Svetsov, G. Consolmagno, S. Sirono, S. Pirani PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 25 July 2016 LINK “Highlights • The Dawn mission revealed the presence of olivine on…
Petrology and oxygen isotopic compositions of clasts in HED polymict breccia NWA 5232.
van Drongelen, K. D., Rumble, D. and Tait, K. T. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12651 LINK “Northwest Africa (NWA) 5232, an 18.5 kg polymict eucrite, comprises eucritic and exogenic CM carbonaceous chondrite clasts within…
Mineralogy and Geology of asteroid (4) Vesta from Dawn Framing Camera
Guneshwar Thangjam PhD Thesis, Clausthal University of Technology, 2015 PDF (open access) abstract “This thesis presents insights into the surface compositional heterogeneity and geology of asteroid Vesta. Lithologic mapping using Framing Camera onboard the NASA…
Lithologic variation within bright material on Vesta revealed by linear spectral unmixing
F. Zambon, F. Tosi, C. Carli, M.C. De Sanctis, D.T. Blewett, E. Palomba, A. Longobardo, A. Frigeri, E. Ammannito, C.T. Russell, C.A. Raymond Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 10 February 2016 LINK “Vesta’s…
The Diversity of Anomalous HEDs: Isotopic Constraints on the Connection of EET 92023, GRA 98098, and Dhofar 700 with Vesta
M. E. Sanborn, Q.-Z. Yin, D. W. Mittlefehldt 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2016), Abstract #2256 PDF
Constraints on core formation in Vesta from metal–silicate partitioning of siderophile elements
E.S. Steenstra, J.S. Knibbe, N. Rai, W. van Westrenen Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 14 January 2016 doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.01.002 LINK “It is now widely accepted that the asteroid 4–Vesta has an…
Grosvenor Mountains 95 howardite pairing group: Insights into the surface regolith of asteroid 4 Vesta.
Lunning, N. G., Welten, K. C., McSween, H. Y., Caffee, M. W. and Beck, A. W. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12580 Article first published online: 16 DEC 2015 LINK “Regolithic howardites are analogs for…
Three-dimensional spectral analysis of compositional heterogeneity at Arruntia crater on (4) Vesta using Dawn FC
Guneshwar Thangjam, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Martin Hoffmann, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Christian Müller, Thomas Platz, Tanja Schäfer manuscript accepted for publication (Icarus/YICAR11819) PDF (full text) abstract
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids – II. A statistical analysis
S. Ieva, E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Perna, D. Fulvio4 and M. Fulchignoni MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2871-2888. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2510 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “In recent years, several small basaltic…
Vestoids, Part II: The basaltic nature and HED meteorite analogs for eight Vp-type asteroids and their associations with (4) Vesta
Paul S. Hardersen, Vishnu Reddy, Rachel Roberts arXiv:1510.06636 (Submitted on 22 Oct 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Improving constraints on the abundance of basaltic asteroids in the main asteroid belt is necessary for better understanding…
Differentiation signatures in the Flora region
Dagmara Oszkiewicz, Paweł Kankiewicz, Ireneusz Włodarczyk, Agnieszka Kryszczyńska accepted to AA (28 09 2015) PDF (full text) abstract “Most asteroid families are very homogeneous in physical properties. Some show greater diversity, however. The Flora family…
The Physical Characterization of the Potentially Hazardous Asteroid 2004 BL86: A Fragment of a Differentiated Asteroid
Vishnu Reddy, Bruce L. Gary, Juan A. Sanchez, Driss Takir, Cristina A. Thomas, Paul S. Hardersen, Yenal Ogmen, Paul Benni, Thomas G. Kaye, Joao Gregorio, Joe Garlitz, David Polishook, Lucille Le Corre, and Andreas Nathues…
Delivering a Projectile Component to the Vestan Regolith
R. Terik Daly, Peter H. Schultz Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 1 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.034 LINK Dark material on Vesta may consist of carbonaceous chondrite-like material delivered by impact events. This study uses…
Dielectric properties of Vesta’s surface as constrained by Dawn VIR observations
Elizabeth M. Palmer, Essam Heggy, Maria T. Capria, Federico Tosi Icarus Available online 1 September 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.031 LINK (open access)
Mineralogic Mapping of the Av-9 Numisia quadrangle of Vesta
A. Frigeri, M.C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, D. Buczkowski, J.P. Combe, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, D. Rocchini, R. Jaumann, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 24 August 2015 LINK
Reflectance properties and hydrated material distribution on Vesta: Global investigation of variations and their relationship using improved calibration of Dawn VIR mapping spectrometer
Jean-Philippe Combe, Eleonora Ammannito, Federico Tosi, Maria Cristina de Sanctis, Thomas B. McCord, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 12 August 2015 LINK
Concentrations of Potassium and Thorium within Vesta’s Regolith
T.H. Prettyman, N. Yamashita, R.C. Reedy, H.Y. McSween Jr., D.W. Mittlefehldt, J.S. Hendricks, M.J. Toplis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 July 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.035 LINK
Vesta’s Pinaria Region: Original basaltic achondrite material derived from mixing upper and lower crust
L.A. McFadden, Jean-Philippe Combe, Eleonora Ammannito, Alessandro Frigeri, Katrin Stephan, Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Katrin Krohn, Cristina M. DeSanctis, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille LeCorre, Andreas Nathues, Carle M. Pieters, Thomas Prettyman, C.A….
Petrology and geochemistry of Northwest Africa 5480 diogenite and evidence for a basin-forming event on Vesta
Yamaguchi, A., Barrat, J. A., Shirai, N. and Ebihara, M. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12470 LINK
Detection of new olivine-rich locations on Vesta
Ernesto Palomba, Andrea Longobardo, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Eleonora Ammannito, Simone Marchi, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Maria Teresa Capria, Christopher T. Russell, Carol A. Raymond, Edward A. Cloutis Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript,…
Spectral Analysis of the Quadrangles Av-13 and Av-14 on Vesta
F. Zambon, A. Frigeri, J.-P. Combe, F. Tosi, A. Longobardo, E. Ammannito, M.C. De Sanctis, D.T. Blewett, J. Scully, E. Palomba, B. Denevi, A. Yingst, C.T. Russell, C.A. Raymond Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Eucritic crust remnants and the effect of in-falling hydrous carbonaceous chondrites characterizing the composition of Vesta’s Marcia region
M.C. De Sanctis, J.-P. Combe, A. Ammannito, A. Frigeri, A. Longobardo, E. Palomba, F. Tosi, F. Zambon, K. Stephan, C.A. Raymond, C.T. Russell Icarus, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.05.014 LINK
Mineralogical analysis of the Oppia quadrangle of asteroid (4) Vesta: Evidence for occurrence of moderate-reflectance hydrated minerals
F. Tosi, A. Frigeri, J.-Ph. Combe, F. Zambon, M.C. De Sanctis, E. Ammannito, A. Longobardo, M. Hoffmann, A. Nathues, W.B. Garry, D.T. Blewett, C.M. Pieters, E. Palomba, K. Stephan, L.A. McFadden, H.Y. McSween, C.T. Russell,…
The Sextilia-Region on asteroid 4Vesta – Stratigraphy and variegation
Katrin Stephan, Ralf Jaumann, Cristina M. De Sanctis, Eleonora Ammannito, Katrin Krohn, Katharina Otto, Frederico Tosi, Jean-Phillipe Combe, Thomas Roatsch, Klaus-Dieter Matz, Lucy M. McFadden, Frank Preusker, C.A. Raymond, Icarus In Press, available online 20…
Mineralogical and spectral analysis of Vesta’s Gegania and Lucaria quadrangles and comparative analysis of their key features
Andrea Longobardo, Ernesto Palomba, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Angelo Zinzi, Jennifer E.C. Scully, Fabrizio Capaccioni, Federico Tosi, Francesca Zambon, Eleonora Ammannito, Jean-Philippe Combe, Carol A. Raymond, Cristopher T. Russell Icarus In Press, available online 7…
Vesta’s Missing Moons: Comprehensive Search for Natural Satellites of Vesta by the Dawn Spacecraft
Lucy A. McFadden, David R. Skillman, Nargess Memarsadeghi, Jian-Yang Li, S.P. Joy, C.A. Polanskey, Marc D. Rayman, Mark V. Sykes, Pasquale Tricarico, Eric Palmer, David P. O’Brien, Stefano Mottola, Uri Carsenty, Max Mutchler, Brian McLean,…
Composition of the northern regions of Vesta analyzed by the Dawn mission
Jean-Philippe Combe, Thomas B. McCord, Lucy A. McFadden, Simone Ieva, Federico Tosi, Andrea Longobardo, Alessandro Frigeri, Maria Cristina De Sanctis, Eleonora Ammannito, Ottaviano Ruesch, Ernesto Palomba, Carol A. Raymond, Christopher T. Russell Icarus In Press,…
Is Vesta an Intact and Pristine Protoplanet?
G.J. Consolmagno, G.J. Golabek, D. Turrini, M. Jutzi, S. Sirono, V. Svetsov, K. Tsiganis Icarus available online 1 April 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.029 LINK
The Composition of Vesta from the Dawn Mission
Thomas B. McCord, Jennifer E.C. Scully Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.03.022 accepted Manuscript, available online 27 March 2015 LINK (full text)
Asteroid (4) Vesta II: Exploring a geologically and geochemically complex world with the Dawn Mission
Timothy J. McCoy, Andrew W. Beck, Thomas H. Prettyman, David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry doi:10.1016/j.chemer.2014.12.001 available online 24 March 2015 LINK
Olivine and pyroxene from the mantle of asteroid 4 Vesta
Nicole G. Lunning, Harry Y. McSween Jr., Travis J. Tenner, Noriko T. Kita, Robert J. Bodnar Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 418, 15 May 2015, Pages 126–135 LINK
Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on Asteroid (4) Vesta
Lucille Le Corre, Vishnu Reddy, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Edward A. Cloutis, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues Icarus, available online 30 January 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.018 LINK Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on…
Geomorphological evidence for transient water flow on Vesta
Jennifer E.C. Scully, Christopher T. Russell, An Yin, Ralf Jaumann, Elizabeth Carey, Julie Castillo-Rogez, Harry Y. McSween, Carol A. Raymond, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 411, 1 February 2015,…
Isotopic and Geochemical Studies of Sr and REE in Eucrites and Diogenites
Kohei Sera (Hiroshima Univ.), *Hiroshi Hidaka (Hiroshima Univ.), Shigekazu Yoneda (National Museum of Nature and Science) PDF LINK
Thermal history of Vesta’s crust constrained by U-Pb dating and trace element chemistry of zircon in the Agoult eucrite
Tsuyoshi Iizuka (University of Tokyo), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Makiko K. Haba (NIPR), Yuri Amelin (ANU), Peter Holden (ANU), S. Zink (ANU), M. H. Huyskens (ANU), Trevor Ireland (ANU) PDF LINK
Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites
David W. Mittlefehldt Chemie der Erde – Geochemistry Available online 18 November 2014 LINK
Geological Map of Vesta
Geological Map of Vesta Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU PHOTO INFO INFO Vesta Topography Map IMAGE (full res) INFO
Mineralogy of V-type asteroids as a constraining tool of their past history
S.F.A. Batista, T.M. Seixas, M.A. Salgueiro da Silva, R.M.G. de Albuquerque Planetary and Space Science DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2014.10.012 available online 4 November 2014 LINK
Subsurface Failure in Spherical Bodies: A Formation Scenario for Linear Troughs on Vesta’s Surface
A.M. Stickle, P.H. Schultz, D.A. Crawford Icarus Volume 247, February 2015, Pages 18–34 LINK How a giant impact formed asteroid Vesta’s ‘belt’(3.11.2014)
Major and trace elements of zircons from basaltic eucrites: Implications for the formation of zircons on the eucrite parent body
Haba MK, Yamaguchi A, Horie K and Hidaka H Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 387, 1 February 2014, Pages 10–21 LINK
Composition and petrology of HED polymict breccias: The regolith of (4) Vesta
Mittlefehldt DW, Herrin JS, Quinn JE, Mertzman SA, Cartwright JA, Mertzman KR and Peng ZX (in press) Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 48: 2105–2134. doi: 10.1111/maps.12182 LINK
Vesta and extensively melted asteroids: Why HED meteorites are probably not from Vesta
John T. Wasson Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 381, 1 November 2013, Pages 138–146 DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.002 Available online 25 September 2013 LINK
