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Topography and Albedo Image of Oppia Crater

Topography and Albedo Image of Oppia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15195
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 13, 2011
These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show Oppia crater on asteroid Vesta, after which Oppia quadrangle is named. Oppia crater is a distinctive crater because it has an unusually shaped rim, which is almost rectangular in form.

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