Friday, December 09, 2011

Is Vesta the "Smallest Terrestrial Planet?"

Source - NASA Science News for Dec. 9, 2011

NASA's Dawn probe, now orbiting Vesta in the asteroid belt, has found some surprising things on the giant asteroid--things that have prompted one researcher to declare Vesta "the smallest terrestrial planet."

FULL STORY at http://science.nasa.gov/science-news/science-at-nasa/2011/09dec_vestaplanet/

Below is a video version of this story which is also available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JBNkts5YXA


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