Mega-Impacts into Planetary Bodies: Global Effects of the Giant Rheasilvia Impact Basin on Vesta
Abstract
Vesta has been hammered by large impacts, including two large (400-500 km) basins at the South Pole, the largest basins in proportion to target radius so far seen in the solar system. Here we examine the global effects of impacts at planetary scales.
- Publication:
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43rd Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012LPI....43.2757S