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Canuleia and Sossia Craters

Canuleia and Sossia Craters
Photojournal: PIA15592
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 25, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft of asteroid Vesta shows two craters, one that has been named Canuleia and one that has been named Sossia.

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