By: Blake Nuckolls and Dillon Meyer. This is asteroid Vesta in one of its rotations. Our mission is to collect samples of this asteroid The way we will do this is to send a small rover down on it and take pictures and samples. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Asteroid vesta
By: Blake Nuckolls and Dillon Meyer
This is asteroid Vesta in one of its rotations
Our mission is to collect samples of this asteroidThe way we
will do this is to send a small rover down on it and take pictures
and samples.
The approximate time it will take to get there should be 3 years
and 11 monthsA space craft left in 2007 and will arrive there in
November 2010.
This asteroid comprises a 9 percent mass.It has a mean diameter
which is 53o km.It is smaller than the state of Arizona
The temperature of the asteroid could be HOT if the sun is on it
. ( The sun shines on it).It could be cold depending if the
asteroid is facing away from the sun.
There is no atmosphere on this asteroid.It doesnt have
gravitational pullIt cant hold the gasses around it.The
AtmosphereWhen did the space craft leave?Answer: 2007When will it
arrive?Answer: November 2010What is the asteroids mean
diameter?Answer: 530 km
