The Search for the Missing Mantles of Differentiated Asteroids: Evidence from Taxonomic A-class Asteroids and Olivine-Dominated Achondrite Meteorites
The apparent rarity of taxonomic A-class asteroids poses a significant paradox for understanding asteroid differentiation and the dynamical evolution of the early solar system. Based on results from asteroid taxonomic surveys, and on the abundances and mineralogy of different achondrite meteorites,...
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Scholar Commons
2011
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| Online Access: | http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/3219 http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4414&context=etd |
