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Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Octavia Crater

Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Octavia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15842
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: July 9, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Marcia quadrangle, just south of Vesta's equator.

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