ASTEROID Size Comparison /4 Vesta Asteroid

ASTEROID Size Comparison /4 Vesta Asteroid

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Performing Arts, Physics, Science, Other

KG - 9th Grade

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The video provides an overview of Vesta, one of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt located between Mars and Jupiter. It discusses Vesta's discovery by German astronomer Hendrick Olmers in 1807, its naming after the Roman goddess of home and heart, and its characteristics, including its size and brightness. The video also covers NASA's Dawn mission, which explored Vesta from 2011 to 2012. Additionally, it lists the four largest asteroids in the belt: Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, and Hygiea.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Who discovered the asteroid Vesta?

Galileo Galilei

Carl Frederick Gauss

Hendrick Olmers

Johannes Kepler

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the location of the asteroid belt?

Between Mars and Jupiter

Between Jupiter and Saturn

Between Venus and Earth

Between Earth and Mars

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the mean diameter of Vesta?

326 kilometers

525 kilometers

400 kilometers

600 kilometers

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which spacecraft visited Vesta in 2011?

Juno

Dawn

New Horizons

Voyager 1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT one of the four largest asteroids in the belt?

Pallas

Europa

Vesta

Ceres