Ejecta from a Fresh Crater Covering Older Craters and Crater Chains

Ejecta from a Fresh Crater Covering Older Craters and Crater Chains
November 10, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15044
Language
  • english

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft is dominated by a wide, young, fresh crater on asteroid Vesta. Surrounding this crater is its ejecta blanket, a covering of small particles that were thrown out during the impact that formed the crater.