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Vesta asteroid dawn mission

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Vesta asteroid provides clues to Earth’s origins (VIDEO)
NASA's Dawn mission says asteroid Vesta formed much the same way Earth did.
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Vesta asteroid dawn mission

Vesta, the asteroid so large some consider it a “proto-planet,” is providing scientists with clues to how our own Earth formed, new research released October 31, 2012, suggests.

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