[FPSPACE] 200th anniversary of the discovery of 4 Vesta

[Sven Grahn]

Wasn't there an Isaac Asimov novel called "Marooned off Vesta"?

Sven

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Datum: Mar 29, 2007 3:46:00 PM
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Ärende: [FPSPACE] 200th anniversary of the discovery of 4 Vesta

On March 29, 1807, German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers discovered the 
minor 
planet
Vesta, the brightest planetoid in the sky and the second largest in 
the Main 
Belt after
1 Ceres.

A dark feature seen on Vesta by HST was named after Olbers.

The NASA probe Dawn will orbit Vesta for nine months in 2010-2011.

More information here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4_Vesta


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