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File:Vesta Snowman craters.jpg

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English: This image, obtained by the framing camera on NASA's Dawn spacecraft, shows a set of three craters, informally nicknamed "Snowman" by the camera's team members. It is located in the northern hemisphere of Vesta. The image was taken on July 24, 2011, from a distance of about 5,200 kilometers (3,200 miles).
Date 2 August 2011
Source http://dawn.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/dawn_vesta_craters_072411.asp
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA

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