Jupiter's Age via Ceres/Vesta crater count

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Jupiter's Age via Ceres/Vesta crater count

Post by Sirius_Alpha on Sun Sep 13, 2009 11:57 pm

Apparently, there's an idea to determine the age of Jupiter via crater density on Ceres and Vesta, as it would help constrain details of the planet's formation.
http://www.universetoday.com/2009/09/13/craters-on-vesta-and-ceres-could-show-jupiters-age/

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