![“Fun fact: 1316 potentially hazardous asteroids have been discovered, but don’t let that ruin your weekend, the ones passing by Earth in the next couple of months won’t get any closer to us than the Moon does. [x]
This image, obtained by the framing camera on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta. More about the image here.”](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m61y7hjhvv1r39hw6o1_1280.jpg)
“Fun fact: 1316 potentially hazardous asteroids have been discovered, but don’t let that ruin your weekend, the ones passing by Earth in the next couple of months won’t get any closer to us than the Moon does. [x]
This image, obtained by the framing camera on NASA’s Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta. More about the image here.”
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