Pyroxene Map of Vesta’s South Pole

Pyroxene Map of Vesta's South Pole
May 10, 2012
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/INAF
PIA NumberPIA15672
Language
  • english

This map, made from data obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the distribution of pyroxene, an iron- and magnesium-rich mineral, in the southern hemisphere of the giant asteroid Vesta.