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A Tiny Man-Made Probe Is Orbiting a Massive Asteroid 117 Million Miles from Earth

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History, made: The unmanned Dawn spacecraft has successfully entered orbit around Vesta, a massive asteroid some 117 million miles from our planet. This is the first spacecraft to orbit and object in our solar system’s asteroid belt. [MSNBC]

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