The study confirms a 20-year-old theory that balsaltic^([sic]) achondrite meteorites are projected off the surface of the asteroid 4 Vesta, the second largest asteroid in the solar system, which lies between Jupiter and Mars.
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Achondrite
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The Vestan, Lunar, and Martian meteorites are achondrites.
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