Vesta and Ceres: How to Spot the Solar System's Biggest Asteroids

Thursday, April 17, 2014 - 17:20 in Astronomy & Space

Here's how to see two of the three largest asteroids, Ceres and Vesta, in the night sky this month. Although Vesta is about half the size of Ceres, it appears brighter in our sky, because its surface is whiter than that of Ceres, reflecting a lot more of

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