Vesta . ... The Hubble Space Telescope observed asteroid Vesta between November 28 and December 1, 1994, when Vesta was at a distance of 251 million kilometers (156 million miles) from Earth. ... Vesta's surface shows a geology similar to that of terrestrial worlds such as Earth and Mars . ... Astronomers believe that some of the pieces knocked off Vesta have fallen to Earth as meteorites , which show a similar spectral fingerprint to Vesta's surface composition. ... Surface Map of Vesta . ...

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