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Leone G, Tanaka H. Igneous processes in the small bodies of the Solar System II: Small satellites and dwarf planets. iScience 2024; 27:109613. [PMID: 38638563 PMCID: PMC11024919 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024] Open
Abstract
Evidence of hot and cold igneous processes has been reported in small satellites and dwarf planets of the Solar System. Olivine and pyroxenes were detected in the spectral bands of both small satellites and dwarf planets. The aqueously altered form of olivine and serpentine has been detected in the spectrums of Ceres and Miranda hinting at possible hydrothermal processes in their interiors. Once more, the ubiquitous distribution of 26Al in the planetary nebula, then evolving in the protoplanetary disk, contributed to the primordial widespread heating. Volcanism, or cryovolcanism, then developed only in those bodies where long-lived radiogenic elements, and/or tidal processes, were available.
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- Giovanni Leone
- Instituto de Investigación en Astronomía y Ciencias Planetarias, Universidad de Atacama, Copiapó 153000, Región de Atacama, Chile
- Virtual Muography Institute, Global, Tokyo, Japan
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- Virtual Muography Institute, Global, Tokyo, Japan
- International Muography Research Organization (MUOGRAPHIX), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Earthquake Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, 1-1-1 Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113 -0032, Japan
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Veverka J, Thomas P, Harch A, Clark B, Bell JF, Carcich B, Joseph J, Chapman C, Merline W, Robinson M, Malin M, McFadden LA, Murchie S, Hawkins SE, Farquhar R, Izenberg N, Cheng A. NEAR's flyby of 253 mathilde: images of a C asteroid. Science 1997; 278:2109-14. [PMID: 9405344 DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5346.2109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 149] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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On 27 June 1997, the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft flew within 1212 kilometers of asteroid 253 Mathilde. Mathilde is an irregular, heavily cratered body measuring 66 kilometers by 48 kilometers by 46 kilometers. The asteroid's surface is dark (estimated albedo between 0.035 and 0.050) and similar in color to some CM carbonaceous chondrites. No albedo or color variations were detected. The volume derived from the images and the mass from Doppler tracking of the spacecraft yield a mean density of 1.3 +/- 0.2 grams per cubic centimeter, about half that of CM chondrites, indicating a porous interior structure.
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- J Veverka
- J. Veverka, P. Thomas, A. Harch, B. Clark, J. F. Bell III, B. Carcich, J. Joseph, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA. C. Chapman and W. Merline, Southwest Research Institute, 1050 Walnut Str
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Thomas PC, Binzel RP, Gaffey MJ, Storrs AD, Wells EN, Zellner BH. Impact Excavation on Asteroid 4 Vesta: Hubble Space Telescope Results. Science 1997. [DOI: 10.1126/science.277.5331.1492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 252] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Peter C. Thomas
- P. C. Thomas, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- R. P. Binzel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- M. J. Gaffey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA
- A. D. Storrs, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- E. N. Wells, Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- P. C. Thomas, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- R. P. Binzel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- M. J. Gaffey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA
- A. D. Storrs, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- E. N. Wells, Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- P. C. Thomas, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- R. P. Binzel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- M. J. Gaffey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA
- A. D. Storrs, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- E. N. Wells, Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- P. C. Thomas, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- R. P. Binzel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- M. J. Gaffey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA
- A. D. Storrs, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- E. N. Wells, Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- P. C. Thomas, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- R. P. Binzel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- M. J. Gaffey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA
- A. D. Storrs, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- E. N. Wells, Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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- P. C. Thomas, Center for Radiophysics and Space Research, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
- R. P. Binzel, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
- M. J. Gaffey, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12181, USA
- A. D. Storrs, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
- E. N. Wells, Astronomy Programs, Computer Sciences Corporation, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218, USA
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