Workshop on Evolution of Igneous Asteroids, Focus on Vesta and the HED Meteorites : held at Houston, Texas October 16-18, 1996. Part 1.

Abstract

Topics considered include: On the sample return from Vesta by low-thrust spacecraft; Astronomical evidence linking Vesta to the HED meteorites; Geologic mapping of Vesta with the Hubble Space Telescope; A space mission to Vesta; Asteroid spectroscopy; The thermal history of asteroid 4 Vesta, based on radionuclide and collision heating; Mineralogical records of early planetary processes on Vesta.