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Contour Map of Hydrogen on Vesta

Contour Map of Hydrogen on Vesta

Photojournal: PIA16181

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/PSI/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: September 20, 2012

Hydrogen is most abundant in areas with low reflectivity, or albedo, on the giant asteroid Vesta, as shown in this contour map from NASA's Dawn mission.

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