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Simulation of a One-Two Punch that Nearly Destroyed the Asteroid Vesta


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Vesta impact

Artist's impression of the huge impact that deformed the protoplanetary asteroid Vesta, leaving the large impact basin we see today.

Credit: Martin Jutzi

The large asteroid Vesta is a true relic of our Solar System's early history.

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