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Dawn Discovers Surprise 2nd Giant South Pole Impact Basin at Strikingly Dichotomous Vesta

18 Oct , 2011 by Ken Kremer

[/caption] Scientists leading NASA’s Dawn mission have discovered a 2nd giant impact basin at the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta, which has been unveiled as a surprisingly “dichotomous” and alien world. Furthermore, the cosmic collisions that produced these two basins shuddered through the interior and created vast Vestan troughs, a Dawn scientist told […]

1 Ceres, 4 vesta, ASI, Asteroids, Dawn Asteroid Orbiter, Dawn mission, DLR, HED meteorites, Main Asteroid Belt, Meteorites, NASA, Rheasilvia, Vestal Virgins

Asteroids, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Meteorites, Missions, NASA, Science, Solar System, Space Exploration, Space Flight

Rheasilvia – Super Mysterious South Pole Basin at Vesta is Named after Romulus and Remus Roman Mother

21 Sep , 2011 by Ken Kremer

Video caption: Rheasilvia Impact Basin and Vesta shape model. This false-color shape model video of the giant asteroid Vesta was created from images taken by the framing camera aboard NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. Rheasilvia – South Pole Impact Basin – shown at bottom (left) and head on (at right). Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA ‘Rheasilvia’ – that’s the brand […]

1 Ceres, 4 vesta, Asteroids, Dawn Asteroid Orbiter, Dawn mission, DLR, ion propulsion, ion propulsion system, JPL, Main Asteroid Belt, MPS, NASA, Rhea Silvia, Rheasilvia, Rome, Romulus and Remus, Vestal Virgins

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