Orbital bistatic radar observations of asteroid Vesta by the Dawn mission

Orbital bistatic radar observations of asteroid Vesta by the Dawn mission

The Dawn spacecraft has provided orbital bistatic radar observations of a small body in the solar system. Here, the authors present results from Vesta suggesting that smooth terrains with heightened hydrogen concentrations indicate that ground-ice presence potentially helped shape Vesta’s current su...

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Main Authors: Elizabeth M. Palmer, Essam Heggy, Wlodek Kofman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00434-6
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spelling doaj-5599bdbc4aa34edfa2136ab2ce145a4b2021-05-11T07:27:30ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232017-09-018111110.1038/s41467-017-00434-6Orbital bistatic radar observations of asteroid Vesta by the Dawn missionElizabeth M. Palmer0Essam Heggy1Wlodek Kofman2Department of Geosciences, Western Michigan UniversityMing Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern CaliforniaUGA/CNRS, Institut de Planétologie et d’Astrophysique de Grenoble (IPAG) UMR 5274The Dawn spacecraft has provided orbital bistatic radar observations of a small body in the solar system. Here, the authors present results from Vesta suggesting that smooth terrains with heightened hydrogen concentrations indicate that ground-ice presence potentially helped shape Vesta’s current surface texture.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00434-6
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title_short Orbital bistatic radar observations of asteroid Vesta by the Dawn mission
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description The Dawn spacecraft has provided orbital bistatic radar observations of a small body in the solar system. Here, the authors present results from Vesta suggesting that smooth terrains with heightened hydrogen concentrations indicate that ground-ice presence potentially helped shape Vesta’s current surface texture.
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