If properly interpreted, the impact record of the Moon, Earth's nearest neighbour, can be
used to gain insights into how the Earth has been influenced by impacting events since its …

The Moon is a unique body in our Solar System that allows us to groundtruth remotesensing
data (eg, crater size–frequency distributions, or CSFDs, crater/rock degradation rates …

Context. Until recently, the 3D shape, and therefore density (when combining the volume
estimate with available mass estimates), and surface topography of the vast majority of the …

INTRODUCTION Carbonaceous asteroids formed early in Solar System history and
experienced varying degrees of aqueous (water-rock) and thermal alteration. Most models …

Remote observations of the asteroid (1) Ceres from ground-and space-based telescopes
have provided its approximate density and shape, leading to a range of models for the …

On 6 March 2015, Dawn arrived at Ceres to find a dark, desiccated surface punctuated by
small, bright areas. Parts of Ceres' surface are heavily cratered, but the largest expected …

INTRODUCTION The surface of the dwarf planet Ceres is known to host phyllosilicate
minerals, but their distribution and origin have not previously been determined …

While grounded in the hard sciences of physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well
as well-accepted principles in the life sciences, astrobiology remains the most speculative of …

Ceres is the largest body in the asteroid belt with a radius of approximately 470 km. In part
due to its large mass, Ceres more closely approaches hydrostatic equilibrium than major …

INTRODUCTION Classic volcanism prevalent on terrestrial planets and volatile-poor
protoplanets, such as asteroid Vesta, is based on silicate chemistry and is often expressed …