Asteroid Vesta in a ‘Rainbow-Colored Palette’

Asteroid Vesta in a 'Rainbow-Colored Palette'
December 5, 2011
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA15141
Language
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This image using color data obtained by the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows asteroid Vesta's southern hemisphere in color, centered on the Rheasilvia formation.