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Large Block Detached from Urvara Crater's Rim

Large Block Detached from Urvara Crater's Rim
Photojournal: PIA22756
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 26, 2018

This image of a detached large block from Urvara Craters rim was obtained by NASAs Dawn spacecraft on July 16, 2018 from an altitude of about 35 miles (56 kilometers).

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