Pitted Terrain on Mars and Vesta
September 20, 2012
| Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/University of Arizona/MPS/DLR/IDA/JHUAPL |
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| PIA Number | PIA16185 |
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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.