Vesta_in_natural_color.jpg


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Description
English: Vesta is a colorful world; craters of a variety of ages make splashes of lighter and darker brown against its surface. This photo was processed from data acquired on July 24, 2011, from a distance of about 5200 kilometers, during the third "rotation characterization" observation by Dawn.
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Source https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/9-small-bodies/2013/20130819_vesta_rgb_20110724_0835.png ( description ; see also other side )
Author NASA / JPL / MPS / DLR / IDA / Björn Jónsson
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Vesta

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24 July 2011