Surface Covered by Regolith and Fresh Young Impacts
This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth area of Vesta surface. This region is smooth because it is mostly covered by fine-grained debris, known as regolith.
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NASA ID
PIA15550
Date Created
April 10, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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