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NASA pays a visit to one of the largest asteroids in the solar system.

Explore Vesta in this animation made from high-resolution images taken by NASA’s Dawn spacecraft.

“Snowman” crater is the nickname that scientists gave the three adjacent craters seen here.

Aricia Tholus (above) is a small mountain found in Vesta's northern hemisphere.

Rheasilvia basin is a 310-mile-wide depression located in Vesta's southern hemisphere.

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NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Video and images courtesy of NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA