APOD blog 1.3

The South Pole of Asteroid Vesta, or the second largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, is something similar to our moon. It has valleys, crevasses, mountains and craters all across its southern pole. Although very interesting to scientist, the most interesting feature of this asteroid is the spiraling features that scare a large portion of the asteroid's surface. the current theory as to where the feature came from is that a smaller meteor hit Vesta while it was traveling along it's usual path. Luckily for us, the Dawn Satellite will be going towards Vesta and will give us a large amount of new and even more crisp photos.