Vesta - Vesta (English spelling)

Japanese: ベスタ - べすた(英語表記)Vesta
Vesta - Vesta (English spelling)

The name of an asteroid. It was the fourth asteroid discovered on March 29, 1807, by Olbers of Germany. Its semi-major axis is 2.361 AU, its eccentricity is 0.089, its inclination is 7.1 degrees, and it is located at the inner edge of the asteroid belt. Its size is estimated to be 538 km in diameter and its density is 3.3 ± 1.5 grams per cubic centimeter. Its rotation period is 5.342 hours, its geometric albedo (reflectivity) is 0.229, and its surface composition is similar to that of differentiated stony meteorites called basaltic achondrites. Meteoriticists believe that this asteroid is the parent body of achondrite meteorites.

[Takanori Matsui]

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Vesta
Located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Diameter 538 km. Photographed by the asteroid probe Dawn © NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA ">

Vesta


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Japanese:

小惑星の名。1807年3月29日、ドイツのオルバースによって4番目に発見された。軌道長半径2.361天文単位、離心率0.089、軌道傾斜角7.1度で、小惑星帯の内端側に位置している。大きさは直径538キロメートル、密度は1立方センチメートル当り3.3±1.5グラムと推定されている。自転周期は5.342時間、幾何学的アルベド(反射能)は0.229で、その表面組成は、玄武岩質エコンドライトという分化した石質隕石(いんせき)と似ている。隕石学者はこの小惑星がエコンドライト隕石の母元体と考えている。

[松井孝典]

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ベスタ
火星と木星の間の小惑星帯に位置する。直径538km。小惑星探査機「ドーン」により撮影©NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA">

ベスタ


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