Nasa Spacecraft DAWN now in orbit around dwarf planet Vesta [NEW IMAGES 17.07.2011]

NASA's DAWN spacecraft entered into the orbit of Vesta, one of two dwarf planets located in the asteriod belt, between July 15th and 16th. Amazing new images and fascinating new data are emerging from this small body, and DAWN will remain in orbit around the asteroid (a feat never before achieved) for one year. The second part of its mission will be to investigate the larger dwarf planet Ceres. Many new and important discoveries lie in wait to be found in the asteroid belt in the coming months and years.

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[metalhanded]

damn philistines!

Genius people build a space camera that can travel thousands and thousands or mph through freezing space hundreds of degrees below zero and slingshot around Mars (think of it like roller derby where a pivot whips her jammer) into the asteroid belt and finds a single object out of billions, without hitting any of them, then settle n2 orbit and photograph the whole thing in full detail b4 moving on to photo an even bigger body.

if "Photo Vesta" was an ipad app u'd b more n2 it.

[hawkermustang]

Its not a planet. 

[pr0szefu]

WOW, a rock... srsly

[trygve555]

@concious2 Because they are small.

[concious2]

Why are they being called dwarf planets?

[theeAlphaOne]

@theChillDude : I would like to second that notion if I may , and I may so I will . :)

[StevieNichts]

Hey, d00ds - why don't you post your scientific creds before mouthing off? And why don't you post under your real names? Or would that be too embarrassing for you "rocket scientists"?

[AizenSamaKingX]

@astrophonix Ok, "asshole." Have a hellish life. I'm not a "conspiracy nut." Also, the idea from Deep Impact was from another video. I see you have it all figured out. If it happens, too bad for you. If it doesn't happen. excellent. There is no need for you to be another hater and naysayer. Grow up.

[roddieratsafrats]

@durbinpoison775 "Our technology." I hear that all the time, from the legions of dumb apes who are riding into the far flung future, poking at their iphones courtesy of the smart apes. And bellyaching about shitty NASA photographs, when you probably couldn't even make a model rocket work right, yourself.

[roddieratsafrats]

@theChillDude I hear ya, Chill. If dogshit could talk, it would sound like the average YouTube troglodyte. Except maybe smarter.