Surface Covered by Regolith and Fresh Young Impacts
![Surface Covered by Regolith and Fresh Young Impacts](https://science.nasa.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/PIA15550_hires.jpg?w=4096&format=jpeg)
April 10, 2012
Credit | NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA |
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PIA Number | PIA15550 |
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This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth area of Vesta's surface. This region is smooth because it is mostly covered by fine-grained debris, known as regolith.