Severe blunt injury to the chest continues to be one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in both young and old trauma victims.Flail chest is one of the worst subset of these injuries and is likely the most common serious injury to the thorax seen by clinicians. See the image below.
Vesta, minor-planet designation 4 Vesta, is one of the largest objects in the asteroid belt, with a mean diameter of 525 kilometres (326 mi). It was discovered by the German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Olbers on 29 March 1807 and is named after Vesta, the virgin goddess of home and hearth from Roman mythology.
Asteroid Belt. The asteroid belt is situated between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter around 280 million miles (450 million km) from the sun. There are millions of asteroids residing in this area ranging from 600 miles (950 km) in diameter, all the way down to particles of dust.steroid Belt Facts. 1  There are 200 objects in the asteroid belt larger than 60 miles (100 km) in diameter and almost 1 million objects over 1 km in diameter. 2  The average surface temperature of an asteroid is -73C (-100F).