Book contents
- Vesta and Ceres: Insights from the Dawn Mission for the Origin of the Solar System
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Vesta and Ceres
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Remote Observations and Exploration of Main Belt Asteroids
- Part II Key Results from Dawn’s Exploration of Vesta and Ceres
- Part III Implications for the Formation and Evolution of the Solar System
- 13 Formation of Main Belt Asteroids
- 14 Isotopic Constraints on the Formation of the Main Belt
- 15 Origin and Dynamical Evolution of the Asteroid Belt
- 16 Collisional Evolution of the Main Belt as Recorded by Vesta
- 17 Epilogue
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
17 - Epilogue
The Renaissance of Main Belt Asteroid Science
from Part III - Implications for the Formation and Evolution of the Solar System
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 April 2022
Book contents
- Vesta and Ceres: Insights from the Dawn Mission for the Origin of the Solar System
- Cambridge Planetary Science
- Vesta and Ceres
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Remote Observations and Exploration of Main Belt Asteroids
- Part II Key Results from Dawn’s Exploration of Vesta and Ceres
- Part III Implications for the Formation and Evolution of the Solar System
- 13 Formation of Main Belt Asteroids
- 14 Isotopic Constraints on the Formation of the Main Belt
- 15 Origin and Dynamical Evolution of the Asteroid Belt
- 16 Collisional Evolution of the Main Belt as Recorded by Vesta
- 17 Epilogue
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
This book depicts a vivid and vibrant image of modern Main Belt asteroid science. In the last decade, thanks to the exploration by the NASA Dawn mission and the advent of high-resolution Earth-bound observations, we have entered a renaissance of Main Belt asteroid science. Formation theories, dynamical models, meteorite geochemical data, remote and in-situ observations synergistically show asteroids are leftover building blocks of planetary formation and tracers of important evolutionary processes (e.g., collisions, orbital migration) that have shaped the evolution of the early Solar System. Planned missions such as NASA’s Lucy and Psyche (scheduled to launch in 2021 and 2022) will surely provide additional colorful strokes to our ever-evolving portrait of the Main Belt.
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- Vesta and CeresInsights from the Dawn Mission for the Origin of the Solar System, pp. 262 - 264Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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