Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day Collection
Title:
A Map of Asteroid Vesta
Explanation:
Vesta is a huge rock 500 kilometers across that orbits out past Mars [ http://www.seds.org…]. Last week, the above map [ http://oposite.stsc…] of Vesta [ http://www.hawastso…] created using the Hubble Space Telescope [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] was released showing a rugged surface highlighted by a single crater spanning nearly the entire length of the asteroid [ http://izzy.online.…]. The large crater dominates the lower part of the false-color conglomerate image: blue indicates low terrain, while red indicates raised terrain. Evidence indicates that Vesta [ http://oposite.stsc…] underwent a tremendous splintering collision [ http://adsabs.harva…] about a billion years ago. In October 1960, a small chunk of this rock believed to have originated on Vesta [ http://stardate.ute…Request Date ] fell to Earth [ http://antwrp.gsfc.…] and was recovered in Australia [ http://www.netinfo.…].
Credit and Copyright:
B. Zellner (GSU [ http://www.phy.gaso…]), P. Thomas (Cornell [ http://astrosun.tn.…]), et al., WFPC2 [ http://www.stsci.ed…], HST [ http://www.stsci.ed…], NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
facet_when:
October 1960
facet_when:
12-24-1994
facet_where:
Mars
facet_where:
Australia
facet_where:
Vesta
facet_where:
Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
facet_what:
Earth
facet_what:
Mars
facet_what:
Crater
facet_what:
Vesta
facet_what:
asteroid
facet_what:
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_when_year:
1994
facet_when_year:
1960
original url:
UID:
SPD-APOD-ap970908

A Map of Asteroid Vesta