Gaspra's Steep Crater Population Was Produced by a Large Recent Breakup in the Main Asteroid Belt
Abstract
The freshest craters on (951) Gaspra, which have a surprisingly steep size frequency distribution, were mostly produced by fragments from the nearby Baptistina family-forming event that took place ~150 Myr ago.
- Publication:
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38th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2007
- Bibcode:
- 2007LPI....38.2165B