Views of the Asteroid Vesta
NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA
Surface
Images obtained by Dawn's
framing camera on July 24, 2011, show a stippled and lumpy surface. The study of Vesta's surface may help scientists better understand the solar system's early
history.
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