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Topography and Albedo Image of Gegania Crater

Topography and Albedo Image of Gegania Crater
Photojournal: PIA15191
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 9, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft show Gegania crater on asteroid Vesta, after which Gegania quadrangle is named. The image at left shows the albedo (brightness/darkness) of the surface.

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