Planetary Group Seminar: Are HED meteorites from asteroid (4) Vesta? (G. Thangjam)

  • Date: Nov 25, 2015
  • Time: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Guneshwar Singh Thangjam
  • Location: MPS
  • Room: Auditorium
  • Host: Urs Mall
Planetary Group Seminar: Are HED meteorites from asteroid (4) Vesta? (G. Thangjam)
Meteorites are often used as ground truth for celestial bodies for which we have no samples. For the Moon the link between lunar samples and their origin has been proven. Among the achondrites, HED meteorites are one of the most abundant population. The hypothesis that HED meteorites have originated from Vesta has generally been accepted. However, recently this assumption has been questioned in the literature. Because of the relevance of this hypothesis for the analysis of remote sensed data from Vesta, we review the pros and cons of the ongoing debate in the scientific community.
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