Vesta (minor-planet designation: 4 Vesta) is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). [10] It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers on 29 March 1807 [6] and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology. [19]

2024年12月20日 · Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, accounting for almost 9% of the total mass of all asteroids. Only dwarf planet Ceres is more massive in that region of rocky debris between Mars and Jupiter.

4 Vesta (IPA: [ˈvɛstə]) is the second most massive asteroid in the solar system, with an average diameter of about 530 km (around 330 miles) and an estimated mass of 9% of the mass of the entire asteroid belt. Its size and unusually bright surface makes Vesta the brightest asteroid, and the only one ever visible to the naked eye from Earth.

2013年12月30日 · 4 Vesta is a large asteroid located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. It was discovered on March 29, 1807 by German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers and is one of the largest asteroids in the solar system, with a …

Vesta, designated as 4 Vesta, is a main-belt asteroid, located between Mars and Jupiter in the solar system. With a diameter of 526 km, 4 Vesta completes its orbit around the Sun in 3.6 years. At the moment, 4 Vesta is 1.306 AU (195,374,819 km) from Earth, and it is located in the constellation Libra.

Vesta is a dwarf planet orbiting between Mars and Jupiter in the main portion of the asteroid belt. NASA JPL has not classified Vesta as potentially hazardous because its orbit does not bring it close to Earth. Vesta orbits the sun every 1,330 days (3.64 years), coming as close as 2.15 AU and reaching as far as 2.57 AU from the sun.

2012年5月11日 · Asteroid 4 Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, and, according to models (1–5), its early evolution occurred in an environment where collisions with other asteroids were much more frequent than they are today.

Vesta (minor planet designation) 4 Vesta is the second largest Asteroid in the Solar System behind Ceres discovered by Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers in 1807. The asteroid does not bring danger to Earth because it does not orbt close enough near our planet.

4 Vesta is the second most massive body in the main asteroid belt, accounting for almost nine percent of the total mass of all asteroids. Only dwarf planet Ceres is more massive in that region of rocky debris between Mars and Jupiter.

2020年3月5日 · Vesta is one of the four largest asteroids, the others being Ceres, Pallas, and Hygiea. It is the first asteroid to be visited by a spacecraft, and it is the brightest asteroid in the night sky, sometimes being visible even to the naked eye. It is designated as 4 Vesta since it is the fourth discovered asteroid.