
NASA Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the giant asteroid Vesta with its framing camera on July 9, 2011. Vesta is also considered a protoplanet because it is a large body that almost became a planet.
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NASA ID
PIA14312
Date Created
July 14, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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