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Topography and Albedo Image of Domitia Crater

Topography and Albedo Image of Domitia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15188
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 7, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are dominated by the 45km diameter Domitia crater on asteroid Vesta, after which Domitia quadrangle is named.

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