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Rubria AV-L-16

Rubria AV-L-16
Photojournal: PIA19520
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 28, 2013

This image of Rubria AV-L-16, from the atlas of the giant asteroid Vesta, was created from images taken as NASA's Dawn mission flew around the object, also known as a protoplanet.

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