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By: Blake Nuckolls and Dillon Meyer

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.

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By: Blake Nuckolls and Dillon Meyer

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  1. By: Blake Nuckolls and Dillon Meyer This is asteroid Vesta in one of its rotations

  2. 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.

  3. The approximate time it will take to get there should be 3 years and 11 months • A space craft left in 2007 and will arrive there in November 2010.

  4. This asteroid comprises a 9 percent mass. • It has a mean diameter which is 53o km. • It is smaller than the state of Arizona

  5. 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.

  6. The Atmosphere • There is no atmosphere on this asteroid. • It doesn’t have gravitational pull • It can’t hold the gasses around it.

  7. When did the space craft leave? • Answer: 2007

  8. When will it arrive? • Answer: November 2010

  9. What is the asteroid’s mean diameter? • Answer: 530 km

  10. The End

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