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Topography of Vesta's Equatorial Region I

Topography of Vesta's Equatorial Region I
Photojournal: PIA15010
Source: NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/ASI/INAF/IASF/IFSI
Published: November 1, 2011

These images show part of asteroid Vesta's equatorial region, which contains impact craters and troughs (linear depressions).

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