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The Dawn spacecraft has sent back the first picture of the Vesta asteroid, which lies between Mars and Jupiter, after entering its orbit on Friday
Vesta is about 300 miles in diameter with a surface area about the size of Arizona.
Here is Vesta compared in size to other known rocks in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
Vesta spins around once every five hours, 20 minutes. It's nearly spherical in shape with a huge chunk blasted from its south pole.
Caption by: Andy Smith
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