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On to Ceres: Dawn Spacecraft Ready to Say Farewell to Asteroid Vesta
The feat has never been accomplished before and next week’s departure for the Dawn spacecraft from Vesta will be monumental.…
12 years ago
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Holiday Greetings from an Alien Snowman on Vesta
[/caption] Celebrate the winter holiday season in the company of an ‘Alien Snowman’ on the asteroid Vesta, someone we didn’t…
12 years ago
Amazing New View of the Mt. Everest of Vesta
[/caption] NASA has just released an amazing new view of the mysterious south pole of Vesta that offers an oblique…
13 years ago
Celestial Body
[/caption]The term celestial body is as expansive as the entire universe, both known and unknown. By definition a celestial body…
14 years ago
Minor Planets
[/caption] Minor planet is a term used to refer to a celestial object - that is not a planet or…
15 years ago