Exploring Exogenic Sources for the Olivine on Asteroid (4) Vesta

• Main Authors: Corre, Lucille Le, Reddy, Vishnu, Sanchez, Juan A., Dunn, Tasha, Cloutis, Edward A., Izawa, Matthew R. M., Mann, Paul, Nathues, Andreas
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: arXiv 2015
• Subjects: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics astro-ph.EP; Geophysics physics.geo-ph; FOS Physical sciences; Hubble; South Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.1502.03189; https://arxiv.org/abs/1502.03189

The detection of olivine on Vesta is interesting because it may provide critical insights into planetary differentiation early in our Solar System's history. Ground-based and Hubble Space Telescope (HST) observations of asteroid (4) Vesta have suggested the presence of olivine on the surface. T...