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Mystery of Huge Asteroid Vesta's Formation Deepens
SPACE.com ^
| November 06, 2013 01:00pm ET
| Charles Q. Choi,
Posted on 11/07/2013 8:26:48 AM PST by BenLurkin
| The discovery of mysterious rocks on the brightest large asteroid in the solar system, Vesta, deepens the mystery surrounding the huge object's origins, researchers say.
Vesta is the second-largest asteroid in the solar system. The 330-mile-wide (530-kilometer) protoplanet is also the brightest large asteroid, with a surface about three times more luminous than Earth's moon.
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TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: asteroid; asteroids; astronomy; catastrophism; deepens; formation; huge; mystery; vesta; vestas
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:26:48 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
To: BenLurkin; SunkenCiv
... if I ping you anymore today, people will start talking (giggle, giggle)
To: BenLurkin
The discovery of mysterious rocks on the brightest large asteroid in the solar system, Vesta, deepens the mystery surrounding the huge object's origins, researchers say. I think I've seen this movie....
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:33:12 AM PST
by
Alex Murphy
("the defacto Leader of the FR Calvinist Protestant Brigades")
To: BenLurkin
Marooned off Vesta?
Look for the anopticon...
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:33:51 AM PST
by
null and void
(I'm betting on an Obama Trifecta: A Nobel Peace Prize, an Impeachment, AND a War Crimes Trial...)
To: BenLurkin
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:35:34 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: BenLurkin
If Vesta was once part of a larger body, that might explain olivine pockets at or near its surface.
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:41:48 AM PST
by
onedoug
To: onedoug
Borg survey ship in disguise.
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:46:16 AM PST
by
spokeshave
(While Zero plays silly card games like Spades - Putin plays for keeps.)
To: null and void
First thing I thought of.
Dr A was a liberal nut, but, could write a terrific book!
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posted on
11/07/2013 9:19:03 AM PST
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: Conan the Librarian
Vesta..wasn´t that a crappy car at one time...looks like it has taken a beating..hit something itself by the marks on the top...
To: JoeProBono
Needs sour cream and chives
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posted on
11/07/2013 10:48:11 AM PST
by
al baby
(Hi Mom ;Sarcasm is my bidness)
To: JoeProBono
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posted on
11/07/2013 10:57:06 AM PST
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: al baby; BenLurkin
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:28:21 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(SOME IMAGES MAY BE DISTURBING VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED;-{)
To: Youngman542012
‘Vespa’ is an Italian manufacturer of motor scooters.
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posted on
11/07/2013 11:49:06 AM PST
by
SatinDoll
(A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN: BORN IN THE USA OF USA CITIZEN PARENTS)
To: BenLurkin; 75thOVI; agrace; aimhigh; Alice in Wonderland; AndrewC; aragorn; aristotleman; ...
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:10:15 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: momtothree
Whoops, thanks for the ping, momtothree, it was good for me too. ;’)
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posted on
11/07/2013 8:12:10 PM PST
by
SunkenCiv
(http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
To: spokeshave
Ant lions. Really big ones. The surface appears to be riddled with ant lion traps. Probably all died when Vespa lost its atmosphere.
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