Vesta in the Light Dawn: First Exploration of a Protoplanet in the Asteroid Belt : February 3-4, 2014, Houston, Texas

Abstract

The scope of this workshop, the first dedicated to Vesta as a planetary body, includes dynamics, impact mechanics and impactor flux, internal and surface composition, shape and internal structure, formation and geologic history as revealed by spacecraft observations, and meteorite analysis. Other topics are welcome that relate to Vesta and the asteroid main belt, particularly its origin and evolution in the context of the solar system based on spacecraft and Earth-based observations and laboratory analysis.