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Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Teia Crater

Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Teia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15835
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 29, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Numisia quadrangle, a few degrees below Vesta's equator.

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