Asteroid Vesta looks like a little planet, complete with craters, mountains and landslides

Friday, May 11, 2012 - 10:30 in Astronomy & Space

Vesta looks like a little planet. "We didn't find gold on Vesta, but it is still a gold mine," said the principal investigator of NASA's Dawn mission. Scientists have discovered two large craters, a mountain more than twice as large as Mount Everest, and landslides, detailed in six new articles.

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