Chondritic models of 4 Vesta: Implications for geochemical and geophysical properties

• Published in: Meteoritics & planetary science Vol. 48; no. 11; pp. 2300 - 2315
• Main Authors: Toplis, M. J., Mizzon, H., Monnereau, M., Forni, O., McSween, H. Y., Mittlefehldt, D. W., McCoy, T. J., Prettyman, T. H., De Sanctis, M. C., Raymond, C. A., Russell, C. T.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2013; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc; Wiley
• Subjects: Density; Eucrites; Geophysics; Iron; Liquids; Mantle; Mathematical models; Missions; Sciences of the Universe

Simple mass‐balance and thermodynamic constraints are used to illustrate the potential geochemical and geophysical diversity of a fully differentiated Vesta‐sized parent body with a eucrite crust (e.g., core size and density, crustal thickness). The results of this analysis are then combined with da...