"From these images, we can now say that Pallas is the most cratered object that we know of in the asteroid belt. It's like discovering a new world." ANCIENT ANTARCTIC ICE MELT MADE SEA LEVELS RISE ...

Pallas, at 318 miles (512 kilometers) in diameter, is the third-largest asteroid in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, accounting for about 7% of the region's mass.When Pallas was ...

Computer simulations of past collisions in the asteroid belt, conducted as part of this study, suggest that the objects hitting Pallas were also traveling at unusually high speeds, averaging about ...

Astronomers have taken the clearest-ever shots of asteroid Pallas. The new images revealed the surface of this tiny world to be heavily dotted with craters, to the point where it’s been dubbed ...

Pallas was discovered in 1802 by German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers, best known for stating Olbers' paradox: the darkness of the night sky conflicts with the assumption of an infinite and ...

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Although we read a lot about asteroids, most amateur astronomers have never seen one. This week, weather permitting, is a great opportunity to view one of the largest and best known space rocks ...

The largest asteroid, Ceres, is 596 miles (959 kilometers) in diameter, and the second- and third-largest, Pallas and Vesta, are both around 320 miles (520 km) in diameter. By comparison, the moon ...