Asymmetric craters on Vesta: Formation on sloping surfaces
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K. Krohn (1), R. Jaumann (1,2), D. Elbeshausen (3), T. Kneissl (2), F. Preusker (1), T. Roatsch (1), N. Schmedemann (2), C.A. Raymond (4), C.T. Russell (5) (1) Institute of Planetary Research, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Berlin, Germany, (2) Freie Universität Berlin, Planetary Sciences and Remote Sensing, Berlin, Gemany, (3) Museum für Naturkunde, Leibniz-Institut für Evolutionsund Biodiversitätsforschung, Berlin, Germany (4) Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA, (5) UCLA, Institute of Geophysics, Los Angeles, USA ([email protected]/ Fax: +49-30-67055402)
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