PIA14701: Craters and Grooves in the South Polar Region


Craters and Grooves in the South Polar Region

Caption:

NASA's Dawn spacecraft obtained this image with its framing camera on Sept. 3, 2011. This image was taken through the camera's clear filter. The image has a resolution of about 220 meters per pixel.

Background Info:

More information about Dawn is online at http://www.nasa.gov/dawn and http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov .

Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target 4 Vesta
System Main Belt
Target Type Asteroid
Mission Dawn
Instrument Host Dawn
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument Framing Camera (FC)
Detector
Extra Keywords Crater, Grayscale
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2011-09-14
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14701
Identifier PIA14701