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Topography and Albedo Image of Lucaria Tholus

Topography and Albedo Image of Lucaria Tholus
Photojournal: PIA15192
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 10, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show Lucaria Tholus on asteroid Vesta, after which Lucaria quadrangle is named. Lucaria Tholus is the large, roughly elliptically shaped hill in the center of the image.

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