4 Vesta and 4055 Magellan

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Difference between 4 Vesta and 4055 Magellan

4 Vesta vs. 4055 Magellan

Vesta, minor-planet designation 4 Vesta, is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of. 4055 Magellan, provisional designation, is a bright and eccentric asteroid and near-Earth object of the Amor group, approximately 2.5 kilometers in diameter.

Albedo

Albedo (albedo, meaning "whiteness") is the measure of the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation received by an astronomical body (e.g. a planet like Earth).

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Astronomical unit

The astronomical unit (symbol: au, ua, or AU) is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.

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Ecliptic

The ecliptic is the circular path on the celestial sphere that the Sun follows over the course of a year; it is the basis of the ecliptic coordinate system.

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HED meteorite

HED meteorites are a clan (subgroup) of achondrite meteorites.

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Julian day

Julian day is the continuous count of days since the beginning of the Julian Period and is used primarily by astronomers.

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Julian year (astronomy)

In astronomy, a Julian year (symbol: a) is a unit of measurement of time defined as exactly 365.25 days of SI seconds each.

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Kirkwood gap

A Kirkwood gap is a gap or dip in the distribution of the semi-major axes (or equivalently of the orbital periods) of the orbits of main-belt asteroids.

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Light curve

In astronomy, a light curve is a graph of light intensity of a celestial object or region, as a function of time.

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Orbital eccentricity

The orbital eccentricity of an astronomical object is a parameter that determines the amount by which its orbit around another body deviates from a perfect circle.

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Rheasilvia

Rheasilvia is the most prominent surface feature on the asteroid Vesta and is thought to be an impact crater.

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V-type asteroid

A V-type asteroid or Vestoid is an asteroid whose spectral type is that of 4 Vesta.

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W. M. Keck Observatory

The W. M. Keck Observatory is a two-telescope astronomical observatory at an elevation of 4,145 meters (13,600 ft) near the summit of Mauna Kea in the U.S. state of Hawaii.

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3551 Verenia

3551 Verenia, provisional designation, is an Amor asteroid and a Mars crosser discovered September 12, 1983, by R. Scott Dunbar.

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3908 Nyx

3908 Nyx is an Amor and Mars-crosser asteroid.

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