Giant Asteroid Vesta Revealed in NASA Spacecraft's 1st Photo

SPACE.com ^ | Wednesday, May 11, 2011 | Staff

[SunkenCiv]

This image shows the first, unprocessed image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft of the giant asteroid Vesta in front of a background of stars. It was obtained by Dawn's framing camera on May 3, 2011, from a distance of about 750,000 miles (1.2 million kilometers). CREDIT: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

[dayglored]

Please count me in on the new APOD Ping List! Thanks!! - Dayglored

[kitchen]

Add me to the APOD list, please.

[SuziQ]

Bump for later reading

[Red Badger]

They ought to rename it ‘Hugh’
Then we could have Hugh and Ceres...............

[brytlea]

Methinks you will have no trouble creating a respectable list in no time!

[BrewingFrog]

I would like to be on the APOD list!

Thanks!

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

bump

[Ole Okie]

Please add me to the APOD list. Thanks.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Haumea = 2003 EL61

[Finger Monkey]

I would like to be added to the APOD ping list please :)

[Dan Cooper]

Please add me to the APOD list. Thank you.

[colorado tanker]

I’d join the list.

[bigheadfred]

Why am I under the impression YOU, civ, are running the APOD thingofamabob?

You take this one on and you’re NEVER gonna get out of your parents’ basement...

[SunkenCiv]

;’)

[SunkenCiv]

Same here. BTW, I really am pretty impressed by the amount of interest, also in how easy it was for me to step in it this time. ;’)

[bigheadfred]

I really am pretty impressed by how easy it was for me to step in it this time

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAAA!

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks for trying to recruit someone, hope it pans out. :’)

[bigheadfred]

I’m setting up an exploratory committee. But my voting record sucks. And I can be pretty unreliable.