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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection Collection
Title:
A Map of Asteroid Vesta Title A Map of Asteroid Vesta Title
Explanation:
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits out past Mars [ http://www.seds.org…]. In 1997, the above map [ http://oposite.stsc…] of Vesta [ http://en.wikipedia…] created using the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid [ http://en.wikipedia…]. The large crater dominates the lower part of the above false-color conglomerate image [ http://hubblesite.o…]: blue indicates low terrain, while red indicates raised terrain. Evidence indicates that Vesta [ http://oposite.stsc…] underwent a tremendous splintering collision [ http://adsabs.harva…] about a billion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of this rock believed to have originated on Vesta [ http://adsabs.harva…] fell to Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and was recovered in Australia [ https://www.cia.gov…]. Vesta is considered by some to be a candidate for reclassification into a planet [ http://www.iau2006.…]. Explanation Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits out past Mars [ http://www.seds.org…]. In 1997, the above map [ http://oposite.stsc…] of Vesta [ http://en.wikipedia…] created using the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid [ http://en.wikipedia…]. The large crater dominates the lower part of the above false-color conglomerate image [ http://hubblesite.o…]: blue indicates low terrain, while red indicates raised terrain. Evidence indicates that Vesta [ http://oposite.stsc…] underwent a tremendous splintering collision [ http://adsabs.harva…] about a billion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of this rock believed to have originated on Vesta [ http://adsabs.harva…] fell to Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and was recovered in Australia [ https://www.cia.gov…]. Vesta is considered by some to be a candidate for reclassification into a planet [ http://www.iau2006.…]. Explanation
Credit and Copyright:
B. Zellner (GSU [ http://cost.georgia…]), P. Thomas (Cornell [ http://astrosun.tn.…]), et al., WFPC2 [ http://www.stsci.ed…], HST [ http://www.stsci.ed…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit_and_Copyright B. Zellner (GSU [ http://cost.georgia…]), P. Thomas (Cornell [ http://astrosun.tn.…]), et al., WFPC2 [ http://www.stsci.ed…], HST [ http://www.stsci.ed…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] Credit and Copyright
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