Skip Navigation

Resources

Hydrogen Map of Vesta

Hydrogen Map of Vesta
Photojournal: PIA16180
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/PSI/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: September 20, 2012

This map from NASA's Dawn mission shows the global distribution of hydrogen on the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.

Related

Joining other moons in heralding the coming of Saturn's August 2009 equinox, the moon Tethys casts its shadow across Saturn's F ring and part of the A ring. The penumbra, or outer non-opaque part ...
More
Tethys casts its shadow across Saturn's F ring and part of the A ring
Trumpeting the Equinox
The shadow of Saturn's rings sits upon the northern hemisphere of Mimas like a dark cap. In this Cassini spacecraft view, which looks toward high northern latitudes on Mimas, the moon is just grazi...
More
Mimas
Shadow Cap
Jupiter in blue, ultraviolet and near infrared October 23, 2000   These three images of Jupiter, taken through the narrow angle camera of NASA's Cassini spacecraft from a distance of ...
More
Three Wavelengths
Three Wavelengths
Voyager 2 took this image of Neptune's irregularly-shaped satellite 1989N1 from a range of 870,000 kilometers (540,000 miles). 
More
Voyager 2 took this image of Neptune's irregularly-shaped satellite 1989N1 from a range of 870,000 kilometers (540,000 miles).
1989N1
The small, dark form of Janus cruises along in front of bright Saturn. The edge-on rings cast dramatic shadows onto the northern hemisphere. Janus is 181 kilometers (113 miles) across. The image ...
More
Saturn's moon Janus
Ring Moon, Ring Shadows
See labeled version here. This three-image mosaic is the highest resolution view yet obtained of Enceladus' north polar region. The view looks southward over cratered plains from high above the no...
More
Enceladus’ north polar region
The North Polar Region of Enceladus
+ Visit the Nov. 2 Enceladus Flyby Page In this artist's concept of the Nov. 2, 2009 flyby, Cassini is flying through the mysterious plumes of Enceladus. At its closest point, the Cassini spacecr...
More
Artist's rendition of the Nov. 2, 2009, Enceladus flyby
Cassini Returns to the Plumes
The Cassini spacecraft captures Janus in the foreground, with Dione in the distance beyond. The image was taken two hours after Hiding Dione, in which Cassini imaged Dione beyond the rings. Janus...
More
Janus and Dione
Stepping Stone to Dione
New structure, density and composition measurements of Enceladus' water plume were obtained when the Cassini spacecraft's Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrograph observed the star zeta Orionis pass behind...
More
Enceladus' water plume
Stellar Data on Plume
These two Cassini images taken 23 minutes apart show many vortices and turbulent wakes in Saturn's atmosphere. They also show the overall filamentary structure of the flow in the atmosphere. Many ...
More
two images of Saturn showing vortices and turbulent wake's in the atmosphere
"2-D" Flow
The Sun also rises on Saturn's moon Dione, seen in this image from Cassini. Wispy fractured terrain lies along the limb. Some details of the moon's topography can be noted along the terminator. ...
More
image of the moon Dione
Daybreak on Dione
Close-up image of Mars' satellite Deimos from the Viking 2 Orbiter showing craters and associated streaks.
More
Close-up image of Mars' satellite Deimos from the Viking 2 Orbiter showing craters and associated streaks.
Deimos from 25 miles
This scene captured by NASA's Dawn spacecraft on Oct. 21, 2016, from Ceres' northern hemisphere shows part of the rim of Dantu Crater, at top right. Rao Crater is the largest crater in the bottom l...
More
Dawn XMO2 Image 23
Dawn XMO2 Image 23
This Cassini spacecraft view, taken from a vantage point 64 degrees above Dione's equator, looks down onto the bright fractures that cover the moon's trailing side. The fractures crisscross a regio...
More
Dione
Above the Cracks
During its approach to Mimas on Aug. 2, 2005, the Cassini spacecraft narrow-angle camera obtained multi-spectral views of the moon from a range of 228,000 kilometers (142,500 miles). This image...
More
Mimas
Up Close to Mimas
Two large craters named after characters in Homer's Odyssey take the stage in this scene on Saturn's moon Tethys. The crater on the right is the Odysseus crater (450 kilometers, or 280 miles acros...
More
Tethys
Odysseus and Penelope
Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. At 2,263 miles in diameter, it is slightly larger than Earth’s moon.
More
Io is the most volcanically active body in the solar system. At 2,263 miles in diameter, it is slightly larger than Earth’s moon.
Io Erupts
This image, taken on June 25, 2015 by NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows the bright spots of Occator crater on Ceres from an altitude of 2,700 miles (4,400 kilometers) with a resolution of 1,400 feet (4...
More
Dawn Survey Orbit Image 53
Dawn Survey Orbit Image 53
Saturn's moon Dione is about to swing around the edge of the thin F ring in this color view. More than one thin strand of the F ring's tight spiral can be seen here. The terrain seen on Dione is o...
More
Dione with rings behind
Wisps in Color
A bright, powerful, lightning-producing storm churns and coasts along the lane of Saturn's southern hemisphere nicknamed "Storm Alley" by scientists. NASA's Cassini spacecraft detected this parti...
More
Storm on Saturn
Hissing Storm
Titan's Many Layers December 16, 2004 Full-Res: PIA06160 Cassini has found Titan's upper atmosphere to consist of a surprising number o...
More
Titan's Many Layers
Titan's Many Layers
Artist Rendition: The Huygens Probe en route to Titan This artist's rendition depicts the Huygens Probe, after deploying from the Cassini Orbiter, en route into the murky atmosphere of Saturn's...
More
The Huygens Probe en route to Titan
The Huygens Probe en route to Titan
The moon Dione is eclipsed here by the narrow band of Saturn's rings, which in this image display one of the interesting ways that they transmit light. Dione is 1,118 kilometers (695 miles) across...
More
Dione and a portion of Saturn's rings
F Ring Edges
In a special double flyby early next week, NASA's Cassini spacecraft will visit Saturn's moons Titan and Dione within a period of about a day and a half, with no maneuvers in between. A fortuitous ...
More
Titan and Dione
Cassini Doubleheader: Flying By Titan and Dione (April 2010)
This image of Saturn's rings was taken by NASA's Cassini spacecraft on Sept. 13, 2017. It is among the last images Cassini sent back to Earth. 
More
Black and white image of Saturn's rings.
Finale Ringscape

You Might Also Like