Friday, December 16, 2011

APOD 2.5

Vesta Rocks (December 10, 2011)
The images above are thin slices of meteoroids viewed under a polarizing microscope.  After analyzing the mineral content and the parts of the spectra that they embody, scientists have concluded that they are most likely from the 4 Vesta asteroid belt currently being studied by NASA.  They would have most likely originated from deep within the crust of Vesta.

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