Crater Cluster Resembling a Snowman Found on Vesta

Mission controllers for the Dawn spacecraft were surprised to see an unexpected formation on the surface of the massive asteroid Vesta, in the latest batch of images the orbiter sent back to Earth. The photos show a region of the large space rock that is riddled with craters, of which several... [ read more >> ]

This is the "snowman" Dawn discovered on Vesta. The structure is produced by a crater cluster

Image comment: This is the "snowman" Dawn discovered on Vesta. The structure is produced by a crater cluster
Image credits: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA

This is the "snowman" Dawn discovered on Vesta. The structure is produced by a crater cluster
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