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.
(99942) Apophis This large asteroid of about 325 mt in diameter, discovered on June 19, 2004 from Kitt Peak Observatory, will pass on April 13, 2029 at a nominal distance of 31936 Km from the Earth's surface. See our internal web page with diagrams and orbital path, when closest to the Earth Moon system.