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Rilles on Vesta Surface

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA2011-10-24

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This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows small rilles scars on asteroid Vesta surface, mostly concentrated in the right half image, presumably due to impacts throwing out boulders, which crash across the surface scouring the rilles as they go.

Details

  • Title: Rilles on Vesta Surface
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
  • Date Created: 2011-10-24
  • Rights: JPL

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