Asimov writing about Vesta Options

[siravan]

While waiting for release of more images, I have a historical question about Vesta. I remember that back in late seventies or early eighties, I read a popular science book by Isaac Asimov, which had a chapter about Vesta. He mentioned that Vesta is visually the brightest of the asteroids, but of course, not the largest. He then states that the reason is the unusually high albedo of Vesta and that it should be covered by ice. Clearly, Vesta is rocky. Does any one of you guys (especially 'old timers') remember the historical background about this issue?

[mchan]

Similarly, Asimov's "Lucky Starr" series of juvenile science fiction was one of the series of books that got me more interested in the science part of science fiction. They are good also for the historical perspective of what was known about the planets in the 1950's which was very little and often times wrong compared to current knowledge. I.e., they illustrate how UMSF (in the general sense) and technological progress in ground based astronomy have dramatically increased our views of the solar system.