NASA NTRS · 20110012995
Dawn Maps the Surface Composition of Vesta
Abstract
By 7-October-2011, the Dawn mission will have completed Survey orbit and commenced high altitude mapping of 4-Vesta. We present a preliminary analysis of data acquired by Dawn's Framing Camera (FC) and the Visual and InfraRed Spectrometer (VIR) to map mineralogy and surface temperature, and to detect and quantify surficial OH. The radiometric calibration of VIR and FC is described. Background counting data acquired by GRaND are used to determine elemental detection limits from measurements at low altitude, which will commence in November. Geochemical models used in the interpretation of the data are described. Thermal properties, mineral-, and geochemical-data are combined to provide constraints on Vesta s formation and thermal evolution, the delivery of exogenic materials, space weathering processes, and the origin of the howardite, eucrite, and diogenite (HED) meteorites.
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Prettyman, T., Palmer, E., Reedy, R., Sykes, M., Yingst, R., McSween, H., DeSanctis, M. C., Capaccinoni, F., Capria, M. T., Filacchione, G., Magni, G., Ammannito, E., Carraro, F., Coradini, A., Fonte, S., Noschese, R., Tosi, F., Blewett, D., Denevi, B., Lawrence, D., Buratti, B., Raymond, C. A., Combe, J. P., McCord, T., Forni, O.. 2011-10-02. Dawn Maps the Surface Composition of Vesta. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20110012995
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