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Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Publicia Crater

Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Publicia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15843
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 10, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Lucaria Tholus quadrangle, in Vesta's northern hemisphere.

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