Impact Crater with Smoothed Rim
![Impact Crater with Smoothed Rim](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PIA15405_hires.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
March 1, 2012
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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PIA Number | PIA15405 |
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta shows hows a large impact crater whose rim is rather smoothed and degraded. There are many smaller, younger craters surrounding and inside of this crater and these have sharper, fresher rims.