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Successive Formation of Impact Craters

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA2012-02-16

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This image from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows two overlapping impact craters on asteroid Vesta. The rims of the craters are both reasonably fresh but the larger crater must be older because the smaller crater cuts across the larger crater rim.

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  • Title: Successive Formation of Impact Craters
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
  • Date Created: 2012-02-16
  • Rights: JPL
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