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Viewing the South Pole of Vesta
This image obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the south pole of the giant asteroid Vesta.
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Impressive Mountain Tops on Vesta
In this image of the south pole region of the asteroid Vesta, a mountain is rising approximately 9 miles (15 kilometers) above the floor of a crater. This mountain, which measures about 125 miles (200...
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Claudia - A Tiny Crater Chosen to Define Vesta's Prime Meridian
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft arrived at Vesta, one of the first tasks was to determine the precise orientation of the asteroid's rotation axis and its equator. To do that, scientists defined a prime me...
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A False-Color Topography of Vesta's South Pole
This false-color map of the giant asteroid Vesta was created from stereo images obtained by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The image shows the elevation of surface structures with a...
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Map of Vesta's Equatorial Latitudes and Southern Hemisphere
This is the first global map of the giant asteroid Vesta composed from images recorded by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Dawn has been orbiting the second most massive object in the...
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Map of Vesta's South Pole
This image mosaic of Vesta's south pole is generated from dozens of individual images obtained by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The images have been recorded from an altitude of ab...
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3D - A Big Mountain at the Asteroid's South Pole
When NASA's Dawn spacecraft sent the first images of the giant asteroid Vesta to the ground, scientists were fascinated by an enormous mound inside a big circular depression at the south pole. From st...
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3D - Details of Wave-Like Terrain in the South Pole
In this image, obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft from an orbit of about 1,700 miles (2,700 kilometers) above the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta, topography in the area surrounding Vesta's south ...
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Vesta's Surface in 3D - An Ancient, Cratered Surface
This image of the giant asteroid Vesta obtained by NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows the surface of the asteroid from an orbit of about 1,700 miles (2,700 kilometers) above the surface. Numerous impact cra...
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3D Image of Vesta's Equatorial Region
This anaglyph image of Vesta's equator was put together from two clear filter images, taken on July 24, 2011 by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft. The anaglyph image shows hi...
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Close-up View of Vesta's South Pole Region
In this image, obtained by Dawn's framing camera, a peak at Vesta's south pole is seen at the lower right. The grooves in the equatorial region are about six miles wide (10 kilometers). The image was ...
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Close-up View of 'Snowman' Craters
In this image, obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft, a set of three craters, informally nicknamed "Snowman" by the camera's team members, is located in the northern hemisphere of V...
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Close-up View of Craters in South Equatorial Region
In this image, obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft, various craters are visible in the southern equatorial region of the giant asteroid Vesta.
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Full-Frame Image of Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the giant asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on July 24, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 3,200 miles (5,200 kilometers). Dawn entered orbi...
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Mosaic Image of Vesta's Surface
This image is a mosaic of Vesta's equatorial region, composed of observations taken through the panchromatic filter on the framing camera onboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft on July 24, 2011. It was taken ...
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Anaglyph Image of Vesta's South Polar Region
This anaglyph image of the south polar region of the asteroid Vesta was put together from two clear filter images, taken on July 9, 2011 by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft....
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Vesta Sizes Up
This composite image shows the comparative sizes of nine asteroids. Up until now, Lutetia, with a diameter of 81 miles (130 kilometers), was the largest asteroid visited by a spacecraft, which occurre...
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Latest Image of Vesta Captured by Dawn on July 16, 2011
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on July 16, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 9,500 miles (15,000 kilometers) away from the protoplanet Vesta. Each pixel i...
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An Enhanced View of Vesta's South Polar Region
This image, taken by the framing camera instrument aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the south polar region of this object, which has a diameter of 330 miles (530 kilometers). The image was taken t...
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All Eyes on Vesta
NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the giant asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on July 9, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 26,000 miles (41,000 kilometers) away from Vesta, ...
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