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==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||
*Vesta is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. Its maximum distance from the Sun is slightly greater than the minimum distance of Ceres from the Sun, though its orbit lies entirely within that of Ceres.<ref>[http://www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/articles/ceres.html Orbitsimulator.com]</ref> | *Vesta is the brightest asteroid visible from Earth. Its maximum distance from the Sun is slightly greater than the minimum distance of Ceres from the Sun, though its orbit lies entirely within that of Ceres.<ref>[http://www.orbitsimulator.com/gravity/articles/ceres.html Orbitsimulator.com]</ref> | ||
*Two locations in the [[Dreaming City]], the Divalian Mists and Rheasilvia, share names with features on 4 Vesta, the equatorial trough Divalia Fossa and the impact crater Rheasilvia, suggesting that the Dreaming City | *Two locations in the [[Dreaming City]], the Divalian Mists and Rheasilvia, share names with features on 4 Vesta, the equatorial trough Divalia Fossa and the impact crater Rheasilvia, suggesting that the Dreaming City is located on the asteroid. | ||
==List of appearances== | ==List of appearances== | ||