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.
Most asteroids are in the main asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. The average temperature on the surface of a typical asteroid is -100 degrees F. Size. Asteroids vary greatly in size, from small boulders to hundreds of miles in diameter.The asteroid belt contains more than 200 asteroids larger than 60 miles wide. Scientists estimate that there are more than 750,000 asteroids in the belt wider than 3/5 mile.There are millions of smaller asteroids. The average distance between asteroids in the main belt is about 600,000 miles.he average temperature on the surface of a typical asteroid is -100 degrees F. Size. Asteroids vary greatly in size, from small boulders to hundreds of miles in diameter. The asteroid belt contains more than 200 asteroids larger than 60 miles wide.