A global database and statistical analyses of (4) Vesta craters
Zhaoqin Liu;  Zongyu Yue;  Gregory Michael;  Sheng Gou;  Kaichang Di;  Shujuan Sun;  Jianzhong Liu
刊名Icarus
2018
卷号311页码:242-257
关键词Vesta crater Database morphometric Parameters
英文摘要

In this paper, we present a global database of craters larger than 0.7 km in diameter on the surface of (4) Vesta, which we created based on a global mosaic of the Dawn spacecraft's high-altitude mapping orbit (HAMO) images at a resolution of similar to 60 m/pixel and cross-checked using the images from the low altitude mapping orbit (LAMO) mission phase. The method to produce the crater database consists of visual crater identification and mathematical shape determination. To give precise measurements, topographic corrections have also been considered by combining the digital elevation model (DEM) data in this global survey. We calculated the morphometric parameters of the craters, which consist of diameter, depth, depth-to-diameter ratio, ellipticity, and azimuth of the major axis. Our results show that the craters on (4) Vesta are very shallow, with a mean depth-to-diameter ratio of similar to 0.065, which is similar to that of the craters on (1) Ceres and (25143) Itokawa but lower than for craters on other solid bodies. The results also show that the fractions of craters with an ellipticity greater than 1.1 or 1.2 are smaller than those of craters on the Martian surface, which is probably because few secondaries exist on the surface of (4) Vesta. In addition, the azimuths of the major axis are almost uniformly distributed in different directions. Our globally consistent crater database has many potential applications for future studies such as geologic mapping and surface age dating.

语种英语
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.gyig.ac.cn/handle/42920512-1/8794]  
专题地球化学研究所_环境地球化学国家重点实验室
作者单位1.Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Unversitaet Berlin, Malteser Strasse 74-100, Haus D, Berlin 12249, Germany
2.Sichuan Remote Sensing Geoinformatics Institute, Chengdu 610100, China
3.Institute of Geochemistry Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guiyang 550002, China
4.State Key Laboratory of Remote Sensing Science, Institute of Remote Sensing and Digital Earth, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China
5.Lunar and Planetary Science Laboratory, MUST — Partner Laboratory of Key Laboratory of Lunar and Deep Space Exploration, CAS, Macau, China
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Zhaoqin Liu;Zongyu Yue;Gregory Michael;Sheng Gou;Kaichang Di;Shujuan Sun;Jianzhong Liu. A global database and statistical analyses of (4) Vesta craters[J]. Icarus,2018,311:242-257.
APA Zhaoqin Liu;Zongyu Yue;Gregory Michael;Sheng Gou;Kaichang Di;Shujuan Sun;Jianzhong Liu.(2018).A global database and statistical analyses of (4) Vesta craters.Icarus,311,242-257.
MLA Zhaoqin Liu;Zongyu Yue;Gregory Michael;Sheng Gou;Kaichang Di;Shujuan Sun;Jianzhong Liu."A global database and statistical analyses of (4) Vesta craters".Icarus 311(2018):242-257.
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