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Moon/Vesta Size Comparison

Moon/Vesta Size Comparison
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    Vesta, Moon
  • Release Date
    October 8, 2010
  • Science Release
    NASA Mission to Asteroid Gets Help from Hubble Space Telescope
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  • Credit
    Illustration: NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Vesta Image: NASA, ESA, J.-Y. Li (University of Maryland, College Park), and L. McFadden (NASA/GSFC); Moon Image: T. Rector, I. Dell'Antonio/NOAO/AURA/NSF

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