Dust-covered Surface with Fresh Small Craters
This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth part of asteroid Vesta surface. This smooth texture is probably due to the surface being covered in a layer of tiny dust particles.
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NASA ID
PIA15404
Date Created
February 29, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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