Editing Basalt (section)

====Vesta====
Analysis of [[Hubble Space Telescope]] images of Vesta suggests this [[asteroid]] has a basaltic crust covered with a brecciated [[regolith]] derived from the crust.<ref name="binzel-etal-1997">{{cite journal |last1=Binzel |first1=Richard P |last2=Gaffey |first2=Michael J |last3=Thomas |first3=Peter C |last4=Zellner |first4=Benjamin H |last5=Storrs |first5=Alex D |last6=Wells |first6=Eddie N |title=Geologic Mapping of Vesta from 1994 Hubble Space Telescope Images |journal=Icarus |date=July 1997 |volume=128 |issue=1 |pages=95–103 |doi=10.1006/icar.1997.5734|bibcode=1997Icar..128...95B |doi-access=free }}</ref> Evidence from Earth-based telescopes and the [[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn mission]] suggest that Vesta is the source of the [[HED meteorite]]s, which have basaltic characteristics.<ref name="mittlefehldt-2015">{{cite journal |last1=Mittlefehldt |first1=David W. |title=Asteroid (4) Vesta: I. The howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan of meteorites |journal=Geochemistry |date=June 2015 |volume=75 |issue=2 |pages=155–183 |doi=10.1016/j.chemer.2014.08.002 |bibcode=2015ChEG...75..155M }}</ref> Vesta is the main contributor to the inventory of basaltic asteroids of the main Asteroid Belt.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Moskovitz |first1=Nicholas A. |last2=Jedicke |first2=Robert |last3=Gaidos |first3=Eric |last4=Willman |first4=Mark |last5=Nesvorný |first5=David |last6=Fevig |first6=Ronald |last7=Ivezić |first7=Željko |title=The distribution of basaltic asteroids in the Main Belt |journal=Icarus |date=November 2008 |volume=198 |issue=1 |pages=77–90 |doi=10.1016/j.icarus.2008.07.006 |arxiv=0807.3951 |bibcode=2008Icar..198...77M |s2cid=38925782 }}</ref>