article_snippet.sent: In 2011 the unmanned Dawn spacecraft became humanity
article_snippet.sent: ’s first ever emissary to the huge asteroid Vesta, which resides in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
article_snippet.sent: And using images collected by the unmanned Dawn spacecraft, Nasa has unveiled an interactive tool that lets you explore this world.
article_snippet.sent: Vesta, discovered in 1807, is the second most massive body in the asteroid belt after the dwarf planet Ceres - which Dawn has now travelled to.
article_snippet.sent: the second most massive body in the asteroid belt after the dwarf planet Ceres - which Dawn has now travelled to completes a rotation every five hours and 18 minutes, with a temperature ranging from -3°C (27°F) to -188°C (-306°F).
article_snippet.sent: Some meteorites on Earth have been found to originate from places like Vesta.
article_snippet.sent: the Dawn spacecraft spent a year, from 2011 to 2012, mapping and exploring Vesta.
article_snippet.sent: the Dawn spacecraft is now orbiting the dwarf planet Ceres, and over the next few months will be spiraling down closer and closer to image more of the Dawn spacecraft.
article_snippet.sent: the Dawn spacecraft spent a year, from 2011 to 2012, mapping and exploring Vesta (illustration shown).