NASA Solar System Exploration - Ten years ago today, our Dawn spacecraft became the first to orbit an object in the asteroid belt after arriving at the asteroid Vesta. The mission confirmed
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Fans of Solar System - Vesta Asteroid spectral type: V-type Perihelion: 2.152AU Aphelion: 2.571AU Distance from Sun: 2.362AU Eccentricity: 0.08874 Orbital Period: 3.63 years (5956.19 Vesta solar days) Inclination to Ecliptic: 7.14043°
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