THE asteroid was discovered by German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on March 29, 1807. It was named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth in Roman mythology. Where is asteroid 4 V… ...

The 4 Vesta asteroid is currently making a drive-by visit to Earth. The asteroid, which reportedly measures more than 300 miles in diameter, is now so close to Earth that at night, you can see it ...

The asteroid measures more than 326 miles in diameter, 50 times wider than the meteor that wiped out the dinosaurs, will be visible in the night sky until July 16. Vesta was first discovered in ...

On Friday, May 2 the asteroid Vesta will reach opposition ... in close proximity to the faint magnitude +4.5 star 16 Librae. Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when ...

Planetary scientists at Curtin University have shed some light on the tumultuous early days of the largely preserved protoplanet Asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in our Solar System.

Lately, I've talked about how to find planets, but there are lots of other planet-like bodies in the night sky — the asteroids. As of March 2016, we know of 1.3 million of them, 750,000 of which ...

An enormous asteroid has come so close to Earth that it is visible to the naked eye. The space rock, known as 4 Vesta is four times the size of the UK and so bright that it can be spotted from 106 ...

in close proximity to the faint magnitude +4.5 star 16 Librae. NASA's Dawn spacecraft reached orbit around Vesta in July 2011, and spent over a year collecting data on the asteroid's composition ...

Planetary scientists have shed some light on the tumultuous early days of the largely preserved protoplanet Asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in our solar system. Planetary scientists ...

Vesta won't reach opposition with Earth again until Oct. 13, 2026. On Friday, May 2 the asteroid Vesta will reach opposition, marking the ideal period to spot the second largest asteroid orbiting ...