Vesta asteroid. Satellite image of the asteroid Vesta (4 Vesta). Vesta orbits the Sun between the orbits of Mars & Jupiter at an average distance of 353 million kilometres. It is the second largest asteroid,having a diameter of about 538 kilometres. Under favourable conditions,it is the only asteroid visible to the naked eye. Image obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft,on 18th July 2011,from a distance of about 10,500 kilometres away | |
Licence : | Droits gérés |
Crédit: | Science Photo Library / NASA |
Taille de l’image : | 3670 px × 4771 px |
Model Release : | Non requis |
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