Edward F. Tedesco
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Research Associate Professor, Space Science Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
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Vesta, second largest—and the brightest—asteroid of the asteroid belt and the fourth such object to be discovered, by the German astronomer and physician Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807. It is named for the ancient Roman goddess of the hearth (the Greek Hestia). Vesta revolves around the Sun once…
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