The asteroid 4 Vesta is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt with a diameter of 326 miles, making it larger than the UK THE asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm ...

Throughout February, you’ll be able to spot asteroid 4 Vesta easily through binoculars and even glimpse it with unaided eyes under a dark sky. The asteroid reaches opposition, and peak visibility, ...

Asteroid 4 Vesta is stationary at 3 P.M. EDT. Now located in the constellation Virgo, Vesta is mid-6th-magnitude — easy to find in just a few minutes from any location using binoculars or a small ...

The 4 Vesta asteroid is currently making a drive-by visit to Earth. The asteroid, which reportedly measures more than 300 miles in diameter, is now so close to Earth that at night, you can see it with ...

IN SPACE JULY 24: In this handout from NASA, the giant asteroid Vesta is seen in an image taken from the NASA Dawn spacecraft about 3,200 miles above the surface July 24, 2011 in Space. The Dawn ...

Global mapping with high-resolution imagery by the Dawn probe revealed that the south polar depression is composed of two overlapping impact basins, Veneneia and Rheasilvia 1. This discovery is ...

Planetary scientists have shed some light on the tumultuous early days of the largely preserved protoplanet Asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in our solar system. Planetary scientists at ...

Figure 1: SPH simulation of the formation of the two giant impact features in Vesta’s southern hemisphere. Given the large parameter space of possible impact conditions, not every detail of Vesta’s ...

Researchers have studied presolar materials that landed on a planet-like body. Their findings may help solve the mystery: where did all the water on Earth come from? The formation of our solar system ...

ASTEROID Vesta is 50 times wider than the meteor which wiped out the dinosaurs and is currently speeding through space. But is there a risk Asteroid 4 Vesta will skim past Earth? The giant space rock ...

Where is asteroid 4 Vesta? Vesta is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. It is visible in both hemispheres, where it can be seen in the night sky near Mars, Saturn and the Sagittarius ...

Planetary scientists at Curtin University have shed some light on the tumultuous early days of the largely preserved protoplanet Asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in our Solar System.