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To: Young Werther

>>Ground-based spectroscopy of Vesta indicates regions that are basaltic, which means lava flows once occurred on its surface.<<

No mention of Vesta's alleged purplish tint - "as a mauve."


4 posted on 06/18/2006 1:23:35 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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To: alexander_busek; Young Werther

Shouldn't that be "maroon", not mauve?


6 posted on 06/18/2006 6:36:10 PM PDT by SunkenCiv ("A father is a man who expects his son to be as good a man as he meant to be." -- Frank A. Clark)
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