15 October 2009

Impact Crater News- Craters on Vesta and Ceres 15OCT09

http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n0909/14jupiterage/


Craters on Vesta and Ceres could tell Jupiter's age

EUROPEAN PLANETARY SCIENCE CONGRESS NEWS RELEASE

Crater patterns on Vesta and Ceres could help pinpoint when Jupiter
began to form during the evolution of the early Solar System. A study
modeling the cratering history of the largest two objects in the
asteroid belt, which are believed to be among the oldest in the Solar
System, indicates ...

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