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#OTD in 2011, NASA's Dawn spacecraft entered Vesta's orbit, studying the asteroid's geology and composition. Dawn revealed that Vesta is actually a protoplanet surviving from the earliest days of the solar system!

Learn more about the Dawn mission: https://go.nasa.gov/3NSTKrM
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Overview | Dawn – NASA Solar System Exploration

Dawn was the first mission to orbit a dwarf planet and the first two orbit two bodies in the main asteroid belt.
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Petesmom
Petesmom
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Our children deserve to learn about this in school. Instead they’re taught as little as possible so they can serve the Gods of Capitalism.
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Ikaros Alpha
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We submitted names for the Dawn mission in 2006. (https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/last-chance-for-your-name-to-rise-with-the-dawn) Could never find a list of names that actually made it.

Last Chance for Your Name to Rise With the Dawn

NASA's campaign to send the nom de plumes of people from around the world into the heart of the asteroid belt ends Sat., Nov. 4.
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