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Capture the cosmos > Comets > Dig deeper (cont'd) > Fast Facts: Asteroid Vesta
| Description | The most geologically diverse asteroid, Vesta shows light and dark features much like our Moon. A giant crater 459 km (285 miles) across is evidence of an impact with another object. |
| Age | About the same age as the Sun: 4.5 billion years |
| Location | Solar system asteroid belt |
| Avg. distance from the Sun | 353,400,000 kilometers (219,600,000 miles) |
| Diameter | 531 kilometers (330 miles) |
| Mass | 3 x 1020 kilograms |
| Orbital period around the Sun | 3.63 Earth years (1325 Earth days) |
| Number of moons | 0 |
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The impact that cratered Vesta may
have birthed a number of smaller asteroids.
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Capture the cosmos > Comets > Dig deeper (cont'd) > Fast Facts: Asteroid Vesta