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What evidence indicates that some asteroids once had geologically active surfaces?
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1 of 2In this question, I will present to you the evidence that some asteroids were once geologically active.
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1 of 2A few asteroids show signs of geological activity that .
The large asteroid provides evidence that some asteroids once had geological activity. Its spectrum resembles that of solidified lava.
Images made by the Hubble Space Telescope allow the creation of a model of its shape. It has a huge crater at its south pole. A family of small asteroids is evidently composed of fragments from Vesta, and a certain class of meteorites, spectroscopically identical to Vesta, are believed to be fragments from the asteroid. The meteorites appear to be .
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