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Vesta and the Asteroid Belt
Lecture no. 4 from the course: A Visual Guide to the Universe with the Smithsonian
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Taught by Professor David M. Meyer | 29 min | Categories: Science
Study fossil remains of the early solar system, preserved in the rocky debris of the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. Focus on one of the largest asteroids, Vesta, viewing it close up via the Dawn spacecraft. Learn how pieces of Vesta have fallen to Earth as meteorites.
18 Lectures
1
Probing the Cosmos from Space
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of 28 min
2
The Magnetic Beauty of the Active Sun
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of 28 min
3
Mars-Water and the Search for Life
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of 29 min
4
Vesta and the Asteroid Belt
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of 29 min
5
Saturn-The Rings of Enchantment
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of 29 min
6
The Ice Moons Europa and Enceladus
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of 27 min
7
The Search for Other Earths
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of 31 min
8
The Swan Nebula
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of 31 min
9
The Seven Sisters and Their Stardust Veil
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of 30 min
10
Future Supernova, Eta Carinae
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of 31 min
11
Runaway Star, Zeta Ophiuchi
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of 30 min
12
The Center of the Milky Way
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of 31 min
13
The Andromeda Galaxy
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of 30 min
14
Hubble's Galaxy Zoo
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of 30 min
15
The Brightest Quasar
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of 30 min
16
The Dark Side of the Bullet Cluster
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of 31 min
17
The Cosmic Reach of Gamma-Ray Bursts
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of 30 min
18
The Afterglow of the Big Bang
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of 44 min
