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False-Color Image Shows Proof of an Impact

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA2011-09-16

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This false-color image obtained by NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a crater on the giant asteroid Vesta. The reddish coloring below the crater points to material that was hurled from Vesta interior during an impact or originated from the impactor itself.

Details

  • Title: False-Color Image Shows Proof of an Impact
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
  • Date Created: 2011-09-16
  • Rights: JPL

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