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Topography of Vesta Asteroid
September 12, 2012 | NASA

“These color-shaded relief maps show the northern and southern hemispheres of Vesta, derived from images analysis. Colors represent distance relative to Vesta’s center, with lows in violet and highs in red. In the northern hemisphere map on the left, the surface ranges from lows of minus 13.82 miles to highs of 27.48 miles.” Quoted from the NASA press release.


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