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Vesta on June 24, 2011

Vesta on June 24, 2011
Vesta on June 24, 2011 Dawn obtained this image of Vesta while on approach on June 24, 2011. It was taken from a distance of about 152,000 kilometers away from the protoplanet Vesta. Each pixel in the image corresponds to roughly 14.3 kilometers. This version has been processed to reduce the effect of the processing artifacts in the official release. NASA / JPL-Caltech / UCLA / MPS / DLR / IDA / SteveG