Asteroids Fail to Retain Cometary Impact Signatures

Asteroids Fail to Retain Cometary Impact Signatures

A bombardment of comets is thought to have occurred in the inner solar system as a result of a dynamical instability among the giant planets after gas disk dispersal. Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the main asteroid belt, likely differentiated before gas disk dispersal, implying its crust wit...

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Main Authors: Sarah Joiret, Guillaume Avice, Ludovic Ferrière, Zoë M. Leinhardt, Simon Lock, Alexandre Mechineau, Sean N. Raymond
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Small Solar System bodies
Asteroids
Comet dynamics
Isotopic abundances
Solar system evolution
Solar system
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ade990
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