 Vesta Image from 5,200 kilometers Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA |
| See also full rotation movie of Vesta.
The Dawn spacecraft has completed imaging of Vesta from an altitude of 5,200 kilometers and has begun spiraling down to an altitude of 2,700 kilometers for the first series of scientific observations. Chris Russell, Dawn’s principal investigator at UCLA, notes:
Below are additional images of Vesta from the 24 July collection. |
 The “Snowman” on Vesta Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA |
 The Southern Hemisphere of Vesta with a multitude of craters Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA |
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NASA’s Dawn spacecraft obtained this image of the protoplanet Vesta with its framing camera on July 18, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 10,500 kilometers. The smallest detail visible is about 2.0 km. In August, Dawn will begin sending images from its high resolution camera. |
