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Vesta: Asteroid or Dwarf Planet? | Space.com

Vesta: Asteroid or Dwarf Planet? | Space.com | Science News | Scoop.it
NASA's Dawn mission currently orbiting Vesta has revealed signs of differentiation - a process where dense materials sink to the center and less dense rise to the surface. This is a characteristic of a terrestrial planets such as our own.
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New view of Vesta mountain from Dawn mission

New view of Vesta mountain from Dawn mission | Science News | Scoop.it
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a mountain three times as high as Mt. Everest, amidst the topography in the south polar region of the giant asteroid Vesta.
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