| Meteors, Asteroids and Comets |
|
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits between Mars and Jupiter.
Evidence indicates that Vesta underwent a tremendous splintering collision about a
billion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of rock believed to have
originated on Vesta fell to Earth and was recovered in Australia.
Credit: NASA |
01/14/09
|
|
| |
Viewed: 841 times
|
|
|
|
|
