|
Credit & Copyright: NASA,
JPL-Caltech,
UCLA,
MPS, DLR, IDA;
Animation:
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Explanation:
What would it be like to fly over the asteroid Vesta?
Animators from the
German Aerospace Center took actual images and height data from
NASA's Dawn
mission when it visited asteroid Vesta a few years ago and
generated a virtual movie.
The featured video begins with a sequence above
Divalia Fossa, an unusual pair of troughs running parallel over heavily cratered
terrain.
Next, the virtual spaceship explores
Vesta's 60-km
Marcia
Crater, showing numerous vivid details.
Last, Dawn images were digitally recast with
exaggerated height to better reveal
Vesta's 5-km high mountain Aricia
Tholus.
The second largest object in the
Solar System's asteroid belt,
Vesta
is the
brightest asteroid visible from Earth and can be found with binoculars.
Using
Vesta Trek,
you can explore all over Vesta yourself.
Every June 30: Today is
Asteroid Day
|
January February March April May June July August September October November December |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NASA Web Site Statements, Warnings, and Disclaimers
NASA Official: Jay Norris. Specific rights apply.
A service of: LHEA at NASA / GSFC
& Michigan Tech. U.
Based on Astronomy Picture
Of the Day
Publications with keywords: Vesta
Publications with words: Vesta
See also: