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Unusual Craters on Vesta IV

Unusual Craters on Vesta IV
October 23, 2011
Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA Number PIA14962
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This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows craters with both sharp and smooth rims, a 'ghost' crater and dark and bright material in asteroid Vesta's southern hemisphere.