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Old 13-12-2011, 08:02 AM
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Vesta is a Planet !

Is Vesta the 'smallest terrestrial planet?'

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"We're seeing enormous mountains, valleys, hills, cliffs, troughs, ridges, craters of all sizes, and plains," says Chris Russell, Dawn principal investigator from UCLA. "Vesta is not a simple ball of rock. This is a world with a rich geochemical history. It has quite a story to tell!"

In fact, the asteroid is so complex that Russell and members of his team are calling it the "smallest terrestrial planet."
Move over Pluto !

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