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Huge Troughs on Vesta

Huge Troughs on Vesta

Photojournal: PIA15673

Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

Published: May 10, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn mission shows huge grooves on the giant asteroid Vesta that were the result of mega impacts at the south pole.

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