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To: 17th Miss Regt
Well, they released this amazing picture:

... but no commentary. I say amazing because those ridges are very reminiscent of Enceladus, e.g. which is ice, and they have been firm in saying that Vesta is dry. Also, that big lump lower left is quite interesting. ( Note light is from the right. ) Well, I guess we'll hear plenty about it if we wait a little.

22 posted on 07/17/2011 5:28:45 PM PDT by dr_lew
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To: dr_lew

That lump is probably an accreted mass that impacted with enough force to stick to the rest of Vesta but not to shatter the accreted mass into bits. The weak gravity would not have been enough to cause the complete absorption of the mass, so there it sits today. On display sort of as a warning to other asteroids. (Warning of what? I don’t know!)


23 posted on 07/17/2011 6:42:57 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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