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Calpurnia and Minucia Craters

Calpurnia and Minucia Craters
Photojournal: PIA15457
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: March 14, 2012

This image from NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows a close up image of two of the craters that make up the three 'Snowman' craters on asteroid Vesta.

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