Impact Craters with Different Preservation States

Impact Craters with Different Preservation States
November 14, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15048
Language
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows four large impact craters close to one another on Vesta's surface. Interestingly, each of these four has a distinct preservation state.