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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
Title:
Hubble Reveals Huge Crater on the Surface of the Asteroid Vesta
Object Name:
Vesta
Acknowledgement:
*Credit:* Ben Zellner (Georgia Southern University), Peter Thomas (Cornell University) and NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/]
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*Image Type:*: Astronomical/Illustr ation
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*Release Date*:September 4, 1997 04:00 PM (EDT)
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*Title*:Hubble Reveals Huge Crater on the Surface of the Asteroid Vesta
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-1997-27b
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*Description*:

This topographic map of Vesta's surface, based on Hubble Space Telescope observations, is color coded to reveal altitude variations above a mean surface level. The southern pole is dominated by a depression (blue) which is a large impact feature.
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Vesta
facet_what:
MIRA
facet_what:
Crater
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
facet_where:
Georgia
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Vesta
facet_when:
September 4, 1997
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1997
UID:
SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-199 7-27b
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Release Date:
September 4, 1997 04:00 PM (EDT)

Hubble Reveals Huge Crater on the Surface of the Asteroid Vesta