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About "Vesta"

This animation shows the shape of the asteroid 4 Vesta. Vesta orbits the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter at an average distance of 353 million kilometres. It is the second largest asteroid, having a diameter of about 538 kilometres. Under favourable conditions, it is the only asteroid visible to the naked eye. NASA's Dawn spacecraft photographed this worldlet from a distance of about 15,000 kilometres away, on 16 July 2011.

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Title: Vesta

Category: Animations, Solar System

Date: January 2026

Medium: Blender

Keywords: animation asteroid asteroid belt astronomy Blender craters Solar System topology Vesta

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