New World Explorer Mission to Vesta: The Most Ancient Terrestrial World
Abstract
Vesta is the smallest surviving planetary body to have undergone the terrestrial processes of heating and differentiation. New World Explorer's one-year orbital mission at Vesta will reveal unique clues to the early evolution of terrestrial planets.
- Publication:
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Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 1999
- Bibcode:
- 1999LPI....30.1218B