Aricia Tholus

Aricia Tholus
February 22, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15386
Language
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows Aricia Tholus, a dark hill located in asteroid Vesta's Marcia quadrangle. Tholus is a word used to describe a small dome-like mountain or hill. Aricia was the name of a city in ancient Italy.