4 Vesta - Wikipedia
Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). [10] It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 [6] and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology. [19]
4 Vesta - NASA Science
Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, accounting for almost 9% of the total mass of all asteroids. Only dwarf planet Ceres is more massive in that region of rocky debris between Mars and Jupiter.
(4) Vesta - 3D Asteroid Catalogue
2021年7月1日 · Vesta (DAWN HAMO, 256k poly) Please note that the models are in planetocentric coordinate system, with Z axis passing through north pole. Actual rotational axis may differ from planetocentric poles, especially for small irregular bodies.
4 Vesta - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4 Vesta (IPA: [ˈvɛstə]) is the second most massive asteroid in the solar system, with an average diameter of about 530 km (around 330 miles) and an estimated mass of 9% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. Its size and unusually bright surface makes Vesta the brightest asteroid, and the only one ever visible to the naked eye from Earth.
The Violent Collisional History of Asteroid 4 Vesta | Science - AAAS
2012年5月11日 · Asteroid 4 Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, and, according to models (1–5), its early evolution occurred in an environment where collisions with other asteroids were much more frequent than they are today.
Vesta is the type example of a planetary embryo—the sole surviving intact member of a presumed cohort of macro-scale ( ∼102 km) bodies in the earliest solar system that assem-bled into terrestrial planets.
The structure of the asteroid 4 Vesta as revealed by models of …
2013年2月13日 · Here we report three-dimensional simulations of Vesta’s global evolution under two overlapping planet-scale collisions. We closely reproduce its observed shape, and provide maps of impact...
Discoveries On 4 Vesta That Shocked NASA Scientists | Dawn
2019年9月25日 · NASA's Dawn spacecraft was the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestial bodies, Vesta and Ceres. But what did it do and discover while it was there?http...
Astro Challenge: Spotting 4 Vesta at its Best for Decades
2018年6月6日 · The 99% illuminated, waxing gibbous Moon will actually occult 4 Vesta for Hawaii, Central America and the Galapagos Islands just eight days after opposition on the night of June 27 th.
4 Vesta (Asteroid) - In-The-Sky.org
From Virginia Beach , 4 Vesta is visible in the dawn sky, rising at 02:16 (EST) and reaching an altitude of 39° above the south-eastern horizon before fading from view as dawn breaks at around 05:54. All times shown in Virginia Beach local time.