The Psyche topography and geomorphology investigation

R Jaumann, JF Bell III, CA Polanskey… - Space Science …, 2022 - Springer
Detailed mapping of topography is crucial for the understanding of processes shaping the
surfaces of planetary bodies. In particular, stereoscopic imagery makes a major contribution …

The Geophysical Environment of (486958) Arrokoth—A Small Kuiper Belt Object Explored by New Horizons

JT Keane, SB Porter, RA Beyer… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
NASA's New Horizons mission performed the first flyby of a small Kuiper Belt Object
(KBO),(486958) Arrokoth on 1 January 2019. The fast flyby revealed a fascinating, flattened …

Compositional control on impact crater formation on mid-sized planetary bodies: Dawn at Ceres and Vesta, Cassini at Saturn

P Schenk, J Castillo-Rogez, KA Otto, S Marchi… - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
High-resolution mapping of Ceres, Vesta and the icy satellites of Saturn, Uranus and Pluto
reveals a rich variety of well-preserved impact crater morphologies on these low gravity …

Untrackable distal ejecta on planetary surfaces

R Xu, Z Xiao, F Luo, Y Wang, J Cui - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Impact ejecta are important references to establish regional and global stratigraphy of
planetary bodies. Canonical views advocate radial distributions of distal ejecta with respect …

A geologic map of Vesta produced using a hybrid method for incorporating spectroscopic and morphologic data

RA Yingst, SC Mest, WB Garry… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We have constructed a global geologic map of the minor planet Vesta at 1: 300,000-scale
using Dawn spacecraft imaging, spectroscopic, topographic, and elemental data. In this …

A young age of formation of Rheasilvia basin on Vesta from floor deformation patterns and crater counts

PM Schenk, A Neesemann, S Marchi… - … & Planetary Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Delivery of significant volumes of howardite–eucrite–diogenite (HED) meteorites from Vesta
to Earth is linked to the largest impact events on that protoplanet, especially the giant …

Age relationships of large-scale troughs and impact basins on Vesta

HCJ Cheng, C Klimczak, CI Fassett - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The Dawn mission at Asteroid 4 Vesta revealed two sets of enormous troughs with
the Divalia Fossae spanning around two-thirds of the equator and the Saturnalia Fossae …

Influence of volatiles on mass wasting processes on Vesta and Ceres

R Parekh, KA Otto, R Jaumann, KD Matz… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We have analyzed mass wasting features, their distribution and deposit geometry on the two
largest main asteroid belt objects—protoplanet Vesta and dwarf planet Ceres—and …

Structural relationships in and around the Rheasilvia basin on Vesta

HCJ Cheng, C Klimczak - Journal of Structural Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
The Rheasilvia basin is an impact structure occupying most of Vesta's southern hemisphere.
Divalia Fossae, a set of circum-equatorial troughs, were previously proposed to be …

The Psyche Topography and Geomorphology Investigation

J Ralf, JF Bell III, CA Polanskey… - Space Science …, 2022 - search.proquest.com
Detailed mapping of topography is crucial for the understanding of processes shaping the
surfaces of planetary bodies. In particular, stereoscopic imagery makes a major contribution …