Vesta’s Surface Comes into View

Vesta's Surface Comes into View
CreditNASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
PIA NumberPIA14121
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This image from the framing camera aboard NASA's Dawn spacecraft shows surface details beginning to resolve as the spacecraft closes in on the giant asteroid Vesta on June 1, 2011, from a distance of about 300,000 miles (483,000 kilometers).