Early Viscous Relaxation of Asteroid Vesta and Implications for Late Impact-Driven Despinning
Abstract
Finite-element simulations suggest that early Vesta achieved hydrostatic equilibrium. Possible relic hydrostatic terrains indicate 6% late despinning.
- Publication:
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44th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013LPI....44.2115F