Mega-Impacts into Planetary Bodies: Global Effects of the Giant Rheasilvia Impact Basin on Vesta

Vesta has been hammered by large impacts, including two large (400-500 km) basins at the South Pole, the largest basins in proportion to target radius so far seen in the solar system. Here we examine the global effects of impacts at planetary scales.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Schenk, P., Marchi, S., O'Brien, D.P., Buczkowski, D.L., Jaumann, R., Yingst, R. Aileen, McCord, T. B., Gaskell, R.W., Roatsch, Thomas, Keller, H. U., Raymond, C.A., Russell, C.T.
Format: Conference Object
Language:German
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Planetengeologie
South Pole
South pole
Online Access:https://elib.dlr.de/80765/
https://elib.dlr.de/80765/1/2757.pdf
Description
Summary:Vesta has been hammered by large impacts, including two large (400-500 km) basins at the South Pole, the largest basins in proportion to target radius so far seen in the solar system. Here we examine the global effects of impacts at planetary scales.

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