A Part of Vesta’s Shadowed Northern Hemisphere
![A Part of Vesta's Shadowed Northern Hemisphere](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PIA15795_hires.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
June 11, 2012
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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PIA Number | PIA15795 |
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a very shadowed region in Vesta's northern hemisphere. Roughly the upper one third of asteroid Vesta's northern hemisphere is currently in shadow.