[meteorite-list] Huge asteroid Vesta is actually an ancient protoplanet

[Paul H.]

Huge asteroid Vesta is actually an ancient protoplanet 
(NASA's Dawn probe shows it is left over from the solar 
system's early days) ABC News, May 10, 2012
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47376079/ns/technology_and_science-space/

Vesta confirmed as venerable planet progenitor, Nature 
News, May 10, 2012
http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/05/vesta-confirmed-as-venerable-planet-progenitor.html

Asteroid collision that spawned Vesta's asteroid family 
occurred more recently ..., Phys.Org, May 10, 2012'
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-asteroid-collision-spawned-vesta-family.html

Dawn Reveals Asteroid Vesta's Role in Solar System History
SpaceRef, May 12, 2012, 
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=37013

Best wishes,

Paul H.