Bright-Rayed Crater on Asteroid Vesta
![Bright-Rayed Crater on Asteroid Vesta](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PIA15146_hires.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
December 5, 2011
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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PIA Number | PIA15146 |
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This image of a bright-rayed crater on giant asteroid Vesta was taken by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The crater is about 2 miles (3.5 kilometers) in diameter and impacted on the rim of an older crater, named Tuccia.