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Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Helena Crater

Apparent Brightness and Topography Images of Helena Crater
Photojournal: PIA15523
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: April 2, 2012

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

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