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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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NASA Solarsystem Collection
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Hubble Follows the Rotation of the Asteroid Vesta
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Hubble Follows the Rotation of the Asteroid Vesta
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This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope series of 24 images showing the full 5.34-hour rotation of the 325-mile diameter (525 kilometer) asteroid Vesta.
Hubble resolves features as small as 50 miles across, allowing astronomers to map Vesta's geologically diverse terrain. The surface is a complex record of Vesta's four billion-year history. Features include ancient lava flows, and a gigantic impact basin that is so deep, it exposes the asteroid's subsurface, or mantle.
This sequence was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 between November 28 and December 1, 1994, when Vesta was at a distance of 156 million miles from Earth.
When combined with ground-based data, astronomers will be able to make the first geochemical map of Vesta's surface.
*Image Credit*: B. Zellner (Georgia Southern University) and NASA
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This is a NASA Hubble Space Telescope series of 24 images showing the full 5.34-hour rotation of the 325-mile diameter (525 kilometer) asteroid Vesta.
Hubble resolves features as small as 50 miles across, allowing astronomers to map Vesta's geologically diverse terrain. The surface is a complex record of Vesta's four billion-year history. Features include ancient lava flows, and a gigantic impact basin that is so deep, it exposes the asteroid's subsurface, or mantle.
This sequence was taken with Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 between November 28 and December 1, 1994, when Vesta was at a distance of 156 million miles from Earth.
When combined with ground-based data, astronomers will be able to make the first geochemical map of Vesta's surface.
*Image Credit*: B. Zellner (Georgia Southern University) and NASA
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Solar System Exploration
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Solar System Exploration
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SSE
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Space
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NASA
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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JPL
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Planets
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Planets
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Earth
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Earth
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Camera 2
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Camera 2
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Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
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Wide Field Planetary Camera 2
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Vesta
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Vesta
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Vesta
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Vesta
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Georgia
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Georgia
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
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December 1, 1994
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December 1, 1994
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1994
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1994
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SPD-SLRSY-1853
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