Vesta: Hemisphere Views, 0 and 180 Longitude

Steven Dutch, Professor Emeritus, Natural and Applied Sciences, Universityof Wisconsin - Green Bay


Scale: 1 pixel = 1200 meters. 30-degree grid;             Azimuthal Equal Area Projection, Center 00NS 000 and 180EW

       Vesta Geology Index




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Legend

Elevation

The topographic map is a reprojection of NASA's equirectangular global map. Digital topographic data is not presently available. NASA released data briefly and then withdrew it. Hopefully it will be re-released once NASA and the IAU get done with their poo-flingingcontest over coordinate systems.

Colors range from purple for low elevations and white for highest. The lowest elevation is about 22 km below the mean radius and highest is 19 km above. The transition from green to light blue marks zero (mean) elevation

Geology

Structual features are shown as follows:

Discussion

Vesta is a triaxial ellipsoid with dimensions 572.6 × 557.2 (equatorial) × 446.4 km (polar). Its mean radius is 525.4 km. In these maps it is projected onto a sphere.


Notes and References


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Created 27 January 2015, Last Update 19 January 2020