Asteroid family

Vesta family (Vestoids)

Basaltic fragments blasted from the giant south-polar impact basin of 4 Vesta — the source of the HED meteorites found on Earth.

Asteroid familyTaxonomy: V-typeParent body: vesta

Overview

Basaltic fragments blasted from the giant south-polar impact basin of 4 Vesta — the source of the HED meteorites found on Earth.

1 modelled member.

4 Vesta
The second-most-massive asteroid and the brightest as seen from Earth, a differentiated basaltic body and the parent of the Vesta family, orbited by NASA's Dawn.
CategoryMain beltTypeBasaltic (V)Diameter525 kmDiscovered1807

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