Crater on Asteroid Vesta
A false-color topographic map, projected onto a model having Vesta's elliptical shape. A circular impact crater, with central peak, clearly dominates the southern hemisphere.
The model has been rotated at 90 degree intervals. The map is based on photo-analysis of Hubble Space Telescope images.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9727c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 4 September 1997, 22:00 |
| Size: | 800 x 530 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Vesta |
| Type: | • Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid • Solar System Images/Videos |
