Thomas Kneissl

TL;DR: The ArcMap toolbar CraterTools developed in this context significantly helps to improve and simplify the crater size-frequency (CSF) measurement process as discussed by the authors, which can also be theoretically transferred to every Geographic Information System (GIS) capable of working with different map projections.

TL;DR: Dawn observations confirm the large impact basin at Vesta's south pole and reveal evidence for an earlier, underlying large basin (Veneneia), underscoring Vesta’s unique role as a transitional solar system body.

TL;DR: It is proposed that hydrated salts with low eutectic temperatures and low thermal conductivities enabled the presence of cryomagmatic liquids within Ceres, a key process for Ceres’ evolution as recorded by the aqueously altered, secondary minerals observed on the surface.

TL;DR: Crater morphology and the simple-to-complex crater transition indicate that Ceres’ outer shell is likely neither pure ice nor pure rock but an ice-rock mixture that allows for limited relaxation.

TL;DR: In this paper, spectral and morphologic evidence of impact-induced hydrothermal activity was found in Toro crater, which is located on the northern edge of the Syrtis Major Volcanic Plains.