
This colorized map from NASA Dawn mission shows the distribution of minerals across the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta. It was made from spectra -- or data collected in different wavelengths of radiation.
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NASA ID
PIA15669
Date Created
May 10, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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