Protoplanet Vesta's South Pole Was Double Pummeled | Video

Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 17:00 in Astronomy & Space

330 mile-wide Vesta, one of the largest asteroids, must have been whacked by two very large objects. This virtual view of its South Pole shows features called the 'snowman' craters and a crater called Oppia.

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