Claudia: A Tiny Crater Chosen to Define Vesta’s Prime Meridian

Claudia: A Tiny Crater Chosen to Define Vesta's Prime Meridian
September 16, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA14715
Language
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The image shows Claudia (arrow), a tiny crater through which by definition Vesta's prime meridian runs from the asteroid's north pole to its south pole. This image is from NASA's Dawn spacecraft.