Vesta

Vesta — asteroid, explore its interactive 3D model in Cosmoscope.

Explore Vesta in a live 3D Solar System. Follow its calculated motion and inspect real astronomical data, distances and orbital facts.

The brightest asteroid in our sky and nearly a protoplanet: it has an iron core, a basaltic crust, and a south-pole impact basin so deep that debris from it still lands on Earth as meteorites.

Radius

263 km (mean)

Discovered

1807

Year

3.63 Earth years

Day

5 h 21 m

Visited

Dawn orbiter, 2011–2012

Feature

Rheasilvia basin, 505 km wide

Explore Vesta in 3D

Cosmoscope places Vesta in the Solar System using astronomical ephemeris or orbital elements, updated for the simulation time. Explore its calculated motion, distance and orbital facts in the interactive 3D view. Accuracy depends on the orbital model and its valid time range.