Asteroid Vesta to reshape theories of planet formation

Wednesday, July 16, 2014 - 12:00 in Astronomy & Space

EPFL researchers have a better understanding of the asteroid Vesta and its internal structure, thanks to numerical simulations and data from the space mission Dawn. Their findings, published today in Nature, question contemporary models of rocky planet formation, including that of Earth.

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