This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft is dominated by a wide, young, fresh crater on asteroid Vesta. Surrounding this crater is its ejecta blanket, a covering of small particles that were thrown out during the impact that formed the crater.
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Title: Ejecta from a Fresh Crater Covering Older Craters and Crater Chains
Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Date Created: 2011-11-10
Rights: JPL
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