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Closer and Closer to the Vesta Surface

Closer and Closer to the Vesta Surface
December 21, 2011
Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA Number PIA15224
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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has spiraled closer and closer to the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. These images were obtained by Dawn’s framing camera in the three phases of its campaign since arriving at Vesta in mid-2011.