
The broad morphology of asteroid Vesta mountain/central complex is clear in this image from NASA Dawn spacecraft; it is a roughly circular topographic mound, which is approximately 200km in diameter and has approximately 20km of relief from its base.
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NASA ID
PIA14891
Date Created
October 11, 2011
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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