The Jovian Early Bombardment and the Primordial Evolution of Vesta and the Asteroid Belt
Abstract
The formation and migration of Jupiter in the Solar Nebula triggered a short but violent phase of primordial bombardment. Here we show the implications of this Jovian Early Bombardment for the collisional evolution of the asteroid belt and of Vesta.
- Publication:
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Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012
- Pub Date:
- May 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPICo1667.6068T