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Topography and Albedo Image of Tuccia Crater

Topography and Albedo Image of Tuccia Crater

Photojournal: PIA15317

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

Published: January 18, 2012

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show Tuccia crater, after which Tuccia quadrangle is named. Tuccia crater is located about 40 kilometers (25 miles) northward of the rim of Vesta's large south polar Rheasilvia basin.

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