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Surface Covered by Regolith and Fresh Young Impacts

NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA2012-04-10

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This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth area of Vesta surface. This region is smooth because it is mostly covered by fine-grained debris, known as regolith.

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  • Title: Surface Covered by Regolith and Fresh Young Impacts
  • Creator: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
  • Date Created: 2012-04-10
  • Rights: JPL
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