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  • 1 - Remote Observations of the Main Belt

  • from Part I - Remote Observations and Exploration of Main Belt Asteroids
  • Edited by Simone Marchi, Southwest Research Institute, Boulder, Colorado, Carol A. Raymond, California Institute of Technology, Christopher T. Russell, University of California, Los Angeles
  • Book:
    Vesta and Ceres
    Published online:
    01 April 2022
    Print publication:
    31 March 2022, pp 3-25

  • Summary

    The study of the largest (D ≳100 km) Main Belt asteroids is not only important because of the clues it delivers regarding the formation and evolution of the Main Belt itself but also because many of these bodies are likely “primordial” remnants of the early Solar System, that is their internal structures have likely remained intact since their formation. Thus, many of these bodies offer, similarly to Ceres and Vesta detailed in the present book, invaluable constraints regarding the processes of planet formation over a wide range of heliocentric distances. Here, we review the current knowledge regarding these objects derived from Earth-based spectroscopic and imaging observations, with an emphasis on D >200 km bodies including Ceres and Vesta. Our motivation is to provide a meaningful context for the two largest main belt asteroids visited by the Dawn mission and to guide future in-situ investigations to the largest asteroids.