Dust-covered Surface with Fresh Small Craters
February 29, 2012
| Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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| PIA Number | PIA15404 |
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth part of asteroid Vesta's surface. This smooth texture is probably due to the surface being covered in a layer of tiny dust particles.



