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English: Global photomap of asteroid 4 Vesta, based on the Dawn spacecraft's framing camera (FC) imagery. North is up. Image covers 90 degrees north to 90 degrees south; left edge is 330 degrees longitude, with 0 degrees longitude just to the right. For feature names and exact lines of latitude and longitude, see Map of Vesta with feature names.png.
For image information, see: Roatsch, Th.; Kersten, E.; Matz, K.-D.; Preusker, F.; Scholten, F.; Jaumann, R.; Raymond, C.A.; Russell, C.T. (December 2012). "High resolution Vesta High Altitude Mapping Orbit (HAMO) Atlas derived from Dawn framing camera images". Planetary and Space Science 73 (1): 283-286. DOI:10.1016/j.pss.2012.08.021. The Vesta cartographic coordinate system used in this map has been recommended by the IAU.
Date circa 2012
date QS:P,+2012-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Page/VESTA/target / https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/images/vesta.pdf
Author NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA/MPS/DLR/IDA
Other versions Original upload by Stepheng3 based on 589450main pia14703-full full.jpg (resized, filled northern hemisphere, and converted to PNG).

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current07:09, 22 December 2019Thumbnail for version as of 07:09, 22 December 20193,561 × 1,781 (3.06 MB)Huntster (talk | contribs)Specifically uploading over previous image so that the templates that call on this image for mapping purposes can utilize this higher resolution map.
21:57, 22 December 2011Thumbnail for version as of 21:57, 22 December 2011720 × 360 (170 KB)Stepheng3 (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1=A global photomap of asteroid 4 Vesta, based on DAWN probe framing camera imagery. The south pole is at bottom edge, the equator is above the bright, smooth band of troughs in upper middle part.}} |

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