Vesta's potassium-to-thorium ratio reveals hot origins
Thursday, July 23, 2015 - 05:10
in Astronomy & Space
Studies of materials on the surface of Vesta offer new evidence that the giant asteroid is the source of howardite, eucrite and diogenite (HED) basaltic meteorites, supporting current models of solar system evolution and terrestrial planet formation, a new paper by Planetary Science Institute researcher Tom Prettyman says.