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File:Vesta elevation map HST1996.jpg

Vesta_elevation_map_HST1996.jpg(400 × 282 pixels, file size: 35 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Summary

Topographic map of 4 Vesta showing elevation. Elevation data were compiled from Hubble Space Telescope images from a distance of 177 Gm, taken in May 1996 with a resolution of about 36 km per pixel.

Image taken from http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/1997/27/image/b and manually reduced from maximum resolution version.

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