What did NASA's Dawn mission discover while at Vesta?

The video explores the history of asteroid discovery, focusing on the Dawn spacecraft's mission to Vesta and Ceres. It highlights Vesta's unique features, including its shape, impact craters, and composition. The video also discusses Vesta's role as a protoplanet and the unexpected surface discoveries made by Dawn. Finally, it covers Dawn's journey to Ceres, marking it as the first spacecraft to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies.

What was the initial classification of the first discovered asteroids?

• Stars

• Comets

• Moons

• Planets

What is one reason for Vesta's unusual shape?

• Its rapid rotation

• Its magnetic field

• Its large size

• Its small size

What is the name of the prominent crater on Vesta?

• Valles Marineris

• Olympus Mons

• Marcia

• Rhea Silvia

What type of asteroids are thought to have originated from Vesta?

• S-type

• M-type

• C-type

• V-type

What percentage of meteorites on Earth are believed to come from Vesta?

• 10%

• 5%

• 15%

• 1%

What prevented Vesta from becoming a full-fledged planet?

• Its slow rotation

• Jupiter's gravitational influence

• Its lack of a magnetic field

• Its distance from the Sun

What is Vesta's core primarily composed of?

• Iron

• Nickel

• Silicon

• Carbon

What unexpected feature was found on Vesta's surface?

• Lakes

• Pitted terrain

• Volcanoes

• Rivers

What technological achievement is the Dawn spacecraft known for?

• First to land on an asteroid

• First to orbit two extraterrestrial bodies

• First to return samples from Mars

• Fastest spacecraft

What was the next destination for the Dawn spacecraft after Vesta?

• Jupiter

• Pluto

• Ceres

• Mars