Geologic mapping of the south polar feature of Vesta

• Main Authors: Yingst, R. Aileen, Williams, David A., Garry, W. Brent, Jaumann, Ralf, Pieters, Carle M., Schenk, Paul M., Buczkowski, Debra L., Mest, Scott C., Roatsch, Thomas, Russel, C.T.
• Format: Conference Object
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Planetengeologie; South Pole; Hubble; Central Hill; South pole
• Online Access: https://elib.dlr.de/70787/

Images of the asteroid and protoplanet 4Vesta by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1994 and 1996 revealed a ~460 km diameter feature at its south pole that was interpreted to be a large impact structure. We have utilized new images and data from the Dawn spacecraft to map the geology of this extensive f...