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Object guide
Vesta is one of the largest bodies in the asteroid belt, with a differentiated interior and basaltic surface. Studied by NASA's Dawn mission. Vesta is approximately 525.4 km across.
How to observe Vesta
Vesta is generally a challenging visual target. Use a current ephemeris, dark skies, and image stacking when its angular size or brightness is insufficient for direct detail.
Scientific context
Useful scale comparisons are 0.041 Earth diameters, 0.025 g surface gravity, 3.628 Earth years per orbit. These values are rounded from the catalogue measurements shown on this page.
- Radius
- 262.7 km
- Diameter
- 525.4 km
- Mass
- 259,000,000,000,000,000,000 kg
- Mean density
- 3.411 g/cm³
- Surface gravity
- 0.25 m/s² (0.025 g)
- Orbital period
- 1,325 days (3.628 years)
0.041 Earth diameters0.025 g surface gravity3.628 Earth years per orbit
Source: NASA/JPL Small-Body Database ↗
Orbital context
This body is not included in the interactive eight-planet model. Its orbital facts are listed above.
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