Pitted Terrain on Mars and Vesta

Pitted Terrain on Mars and Vesta
September 20, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/MPS/DLR/IDA/JHUAPL
PIA NumberPIA16185
Language
  • english

A distinctive 'pitted terrain' observed by NASA's Dawn mission on asteroid Vesta has also been seen on Mars. The morphologies of pits are similar on both bodies, with irregular shapes and sharp angles where pits share walls.