Stereo anaglyph image of 4 Vesta, a 500km diameter asteroid in the main belt, taken by the Dawn spacecraft. The 3D view reveals equatorial ridges, troughs, and craters, including the "Snowman" crater trio. Red/blue glasses required for 3D effect. Image scale bar shows 100 km.

Astronomy Picture from 20/08/2011

Stereo Vesta

Source: https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110820.html


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Asteroid Vesta found to have channels that look like water-made gullies When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, possibly made by water.

Asteroid Vesta found to have channels that look like water-made gullies: When NASA’s Dawn spacecraft visited the giant asteroid Vesta, it discovered intriguing channels on the rocky surface, possibly made by water.

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