Asteroid collision that spawned Vesta’s asteroid family occurred more recently than thought
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 - 07:50
in Astronomy & Space
A team of researchers led by a NASA Lunar Science Institute (NLSI) member based at Southwest Research Institute has discovered [...]
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