Hydrogen Hotspots on Vesta
This image shows that NASA Dawn mission detected abundances of hydrogen in a wide swath around the equator of the giant asteroid Vesta. The hydrogen probably exists in the form of hydroxyl or water bound to minerals in Vesta surface.
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NASA ID
PIA15679
Date Created
September 20, 2012
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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