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US spacecraft Dawn orbits asteroid Vesta The US spacecraft Dawn has entered the orbit of
Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the solar system, the US space agency NASA announced on Sunday. Dawn is expected to come within 16000 kms of
Vesta to study its surface while traveling 188 million
... read moreThe 7 Strangest Asteroids: Weird Space Rocks of the Solar System This week, NASA's Dawn spacecraft will rendezvous with the asteroid
Vesta. This will be our best look yet at an asteroid, and what the probe digs up could help scientists answer several questions about this and the hundreds of thousands of asteroids
... read morePublic can peer at "protoplanet" Vesta Aug. 6 at DU observatory By The Denver Post Sky watchers can view the asteroid
Vesta and other celestial bodies through high-powered telescopes during a "
Vesta Fiesta" celebration hosted by the University of Denver and the Denver Astronomical Society Aug.
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