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Started by Ecurb Noselrub, June 09, 2012, 10:19:03 PM

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Ecurb Noselrub

June 09, 2012, 10:19:03 PM
Animated video of the asteroid Vesta, with added color to show surface contrasts, taken from still frames from NASA's Dawn space probe.

http://phys.org/news/2012-06-dawn-mission-video-vesta-coat.html

markmcdaniel

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June 10, 2012, 07:52:03 AM
I am looking forward to the analysis of the mission's data.
It appears to me (whether rightly or wrongly) that direct arguments against Christianity and theism produce hardly any effect on the public; and freedom of thought is best promoted by the gradual illumination of men's minds which follows from the advance of science - Charles Darwin

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the object of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own -- a god, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbor such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism. - Albert Einstein

Religion is a by product of fear. For much of human history, it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity. - Arther C. Clarke

Faith means not wanting to know what is true. - Friedrich Nietzsche

Tank

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June 10, 2012, 09:36:18 AM
It'll be interesting to find out how dense Vesta is. The fact that is almost spherical is intriguing as it has insufficient gravity to have formed its own spherical nature if it were solid rock. It must have formed while very plastic or it's a hybrid structure of sorts made of small aggregated pieces.
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Ecurb Noselrub

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June 10, 2012, 01:39:22 PM
Ceres is bigger and is almost completely spherical. But it's got a lot of water/ice.  Neither Ceres nor Vesta gained the critical mass to become a planet and "clean up" their own orbits, but Ceres seemed well on its way and was considered a planet for awhile back in the 1800's.
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