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Undulating Surface and Secondary Crater Chains

Undulating Surface and Secondary Crater Chains
Photojournal: PIA15772
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: May 25, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta shows the characteristic undulating surface of Vesta's southern hemisphere and many small craters, some of which make up secondary crater chains.

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