Sentences with phrase «with pyroxene»
The huge Keck II telescope joined the Vesta patrol in 1999, producing spectra that showed Vesta's surface is covered with pyroxene and olivine, minerals common in terrestrial volcanoes.
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Outside of that is a ring in which pyroxene mixes with the standard crustal rocks of the lunar highlands.
With that in mind, Moriarty says a good spot to land might be near the border of the volcanic center and the pyroxene ring.