The Secret Interiors of Asteroids
Asteroid 4 Vesta is large enough to have a core-mantle-crust structure similar to Earth. However, this protoplanet did not experience plate tectonics and recycling of its crustal material, which means […]
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What’s the Weather Like Up There?
Weathering processes in space are very different from weathering processes on Earth. Instead of being driven by forces such as wind, water, and oxidation, space weathering is driven by ion […]
New Insights into Water in the Asteroid 4 Vesta
The asteroid 4 Vesta is the second largest body in the asteroid belt and was visited by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2012. New observations recently published in the […]
AGU Session 23303: Ceres and Vesta – Understanding the “Planets” of the Asteroid Belt
We encourage abstract submissions related to geologic, spectroscopic, compositional and geophysical analyses of Ceres and Vesta. Possible topics include analyses of Dawn data, telescopic observations, analytical interior modeling, and numerical […]
AGU SESSION 8728 – VESTA AND CERES AS SEEN BY DAWN AND EARTH-BASED INSTRUMENTS
There will be a session on the largest two planetary bodies within the main asteroid belt at this year’s AGU Fall Meeting, 14-18 December 2015. Though the session is focussed on […]
INVITATION FOR PDS REVIEWERS FOR THE DAWN VESTA FRAMING CAMERA MOSAICS
The Planetary Data System is inviting reviewers for the Dawn Framing Camera mosaics of Vesta. The data set includes Vesta global clear and color mosaics derived from images acquired by the Framing […]
Gullies on Vesta Suggest Past Water-Mobilized Flows
Protoplanet Vesta, visited by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft from 2011 to 2013, was once thought to be completely dry, incapable of retaining water because of the low temperatures and pressures at […]
Asteroids as Seen From Mars; A Curiosity Rover First
A new image from NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover is the first ever from the surface of Mars to show an asteroid, and it shows two: Ceres and Vesta. These two […]
Dawn Creates Guide To Vesta’s Hidden Attractions
Some beauty is revealed only at a second glance. When viewed with the human eye, the giant asteroid Vesta, which was the object of scrutiny by the Dawn spacecraft from […]
Dawn Journal
Deep in the main asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, Dawn is continuing its smooth, silent flight toward dwarf planet Ceres. Far behind it now is the giant protoplanet Vesta, […]
DAWN Framing Camera Data Release
The Planetary Data System (PDS) is pleased to announce the release of the Dawn Framing Camera L1a (raw) and L1b (calibrated) data for all Vesta phases. The Dawn spacecraft visited the asteroid 4 […]
Vesta in the Light of Dawn: First Exploration of a Protoplanet in the Asteroid Belt
First Announcement Available Now The workshop on Vesta in the Light of Dawn: First Exploration of a Protoplanet in the Asteroid Belt will be held February 3–5, 2014, at the Lunar […]
Latest Discovery/New Frontiers Newsletter Now Online
The May 2013 issue of the Discovery and New Frontiers News is on the Discovery Program website. In this issue: What caused the uneven gravity on the Moon, a mystery since […]