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Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Canuleia and Sossia Craters

Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Canuleia and Sossia Craters
Photojournal: PIA15823
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: June 15, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are located in asteroid Vesta's Urbinia quadrangle, in Vesta's southern hemisphere.

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