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Topography and Albedo Image of Bellicia Crater

Topography and Albedo Image of Bellicia Crater
Photojournal: PIA15186
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Published: December 5, 2011

These images from NASA's Dawn spacecraft are dominated by the 35km diameter Bellicia crater on asteroid Vesta, after which Bellicia quadrangle is named.

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