Hydration Features on Vesta’s Surface Seen by the Dawn Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIR) Data

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Shuai Li JGR Planets, First Published: 24 January 2026 LINK “Key Points “Understanding the sources of hydration on Vesta’s surface provides insights into water origins in the inner solar system. We estimated the hydration content…

The New Space Race Era: The Exogeoheritage Challenge and Its ConservationOPEN ACCESS 

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B. De Toffoli JGR Planets, First Published: 9 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Key Points “The escalating pace of space exploration has ushered in a new era reminiscent of the space race of…

The unique spectral and geomorphological characteristics of pitted impact deposits associated with Marcia crater on Vesta

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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…

Geochemistry and petrology of howardite Miller Range 11100: A lithologically diverse piece of the Vestan regolith

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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.

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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…

Petrology and oxygen isotopic compositions of clasts in HED polymict breccia NWA 5232.

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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…

Lithologic variation within bright material on Vesta revealed by linear spectral unmixing

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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…

Grosvenor Mountains 95 howardite pairing group: Insights into the surface regolith of asteroid 4 Vesta.

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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

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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

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