|
|
A Map of Asteroid Vesta
| Title |
A Map of Asteroid Vesta |
| Explanation |
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits out past Mars [ http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/mars.html ]. In 1997, the above map [ http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/97/27/9727c.html ] of Vesta [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta ] created using the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970306.html ] was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asteroid ]. The large crater dominates the lower part of the above false-color conglomerate image [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1997/27/image/e ]: blue indicates low terrain, while red indicates raised terrain. Evidence indicates that Vesta [ http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/background-text/vesta.txt ] underwent a tremendous splintering collision [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=1996A%26A...316..248M ] about a billion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of this rock believed to have originated on Vesta [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2001M%26PS...36..501D ] fell to Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap050102.html ] and was recovered in Australia [ https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/as.html ]. Vesta is considered by some to be a candidate for reclassification into a planet [ http://www.iau2006.org/mirror/www.iau.org/iau0601/iau0601_release.html ]. |
|
A Map of Asteroid Vesta
| Title |
A Map of Asteroid Vesta |
| Explanation |
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits out past Mars [ http://www.seds.org/nineplanets/nineplanets/mars.html ]. Last week, the above map [ http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/PR/97/27/9727c.html ] of Vesta [ http://www.hawastsoc.org/solar/eng/vesta.htm ] created using the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970306.html ] was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid [ http://izzy.online.discovery.com/DCO/doc/1012/world/starshack/starshack052296/starshack.html ]. The large crater dominates the lower part of the false-color conglomerate image: blue indicates low terrain, while red indicates raised terrain. Evidence indicates that Vesta [ http://oposite.stsci.edu/pubinfo/background-text/vesta.txt ] underwent a tremendous splintering collision [ http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?1996A%26A%2E%2E%2E316%2E%2E248M&db_key=AST&nosetcookie=1 ] about a billion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of this rock believed to have originated on Vesta [ http://stardate.utexas.edu/radio/StarDateDB.FM$RETRIEVE?value=12/24/1994&field=ScriptAirDate&html=Test+Request+Date ] fell to Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap960819.html ] and was recovered in Australia [ http://www.netinfo.co.uk/factbook/21e2.html ]. |
|
|
