File:Vesta in natural color.jpg

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Summary

Description

English: Vesta is a colorful world; craters of a variety of ages make splashes of lighter and darker brown against its surface. This photo was processed from data acquired on July 24, 2011, from a distance of about 5200 kilometers, during the third "rotation characterization" observation by Dawn.

Date

24 July 2011

Source

https://planetary.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/images/9-small-bodies/2013/20130819_vesta_rgb_20110724_0835.png (description; see also other side)

Author

NASA / JPL / MPS / DLR / IDA / Björn Jónsson

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