Fresh Impact Craters on Asteroid Vesta
December 5, 2011
| Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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| PIA Number | PIA15143 |
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This image combines two separate views of the giant asteroid Vesta obtained by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft. The fresh impact craters in this view are located in the south polar region, which has been partly covered by landslides from the adjacent crater.