Monday, June 27, 2011

Vesta (Environmental News Network)

Vesta is an asteroid that is thought to be a remnant protoplanet with a
differentiated interior and a mean diameter of about 530 km. Comprising an
estimated 9% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt which lies between Mars
and Jupiter. It is the second-most-massive object in the belt after the dwarf
planet Ceres. NASA's Dawn spacecraft is on track to begin the first extended
visit to a large asteroid. The mission expects to go into orbit around Vesta
on July 16 and begin gathering science data in early August. Vesta resides in
the main asteroid belt and is thought to be the source of a large number of
meteorites that fall to Earth.


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