
The mosaic of Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIR) data shows the location of the data acquired by VIR during the HAMO (high-altitude mapping orbit) phase of NASA's Dawn mission. VIR can image Vesta in a number of different wavelengths of light, ranging from the visible to the infrared part of the electromagnetic spectrum. This mosaic shows the images taken at a wavelength of 550 nanometers, which is in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. During HAMO VIR obtained more than 4.6 million spectra of Vesta. It is clear from this image that the VIR observations are widely distributed across Vesta, which results in a global view of the spectral properties of Vesta's surface. http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19368
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NASA ID
PIA19368
Date Created
January 1, 2007
Center
JPL
Media Type
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