Dawn Spacecraft's Farewell Portrait of Giant Asteroid Vesta

  • Released Wednesday, November 5, 2014
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Simulated flight over asteroid Vesta

This simulated flight over Vesta takes the viewer over some of the most intriguing landmarks on the giant asteroid, seen up-close for the first time by NASA's Dawn spacecraft.
This animation is based on images taken by Dawn's framing cameras from 2011 to 2012.
Colors have been enhanced.

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This page was originally published on Wednesday, November 5, 2014.
This page was last updated on Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 12:26 AM EST.

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