A Global View of Vesta
![A Global View of Vesta](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PIA15144_hires.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
December 5, 2011
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF/IASF/IFSI |
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PIA Number | PIA15144 |
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The visible and infrared mapping spectrometer aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft acquired this set of images during the high-altitude mapping orbit phase at about 420 miles (680 kilometers) above the surface of asteroid Vesta.