DLR Institute of Planetary Research - 13.03.2012 - Apparent brightness and topography images of Calpurnia and Minucia

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13.03.2012 - Apparent brightness and topography images of Calpurnia and Minucia

The left-hand image is a Dawn FC (framing camera) image, which shows the apparent brightness of Vesta’s surface. The right-hand image is based on this apparent brightness image, with a color-coded height representation of the topography overlain onto it. The topography is calculated from a set of images that were observed from different viewing directions, which allows stereo reconstruction. The various colors correspond to the height of the area. The white and red areas in the topography image are the highest areas and the blue areas are the lowest areas. Calpurnia is the larger crater in the top left of the images and Minucia is the smaller crater in the top right of the images. The topography image shows the reasonably steep slopes in the interiors of these craters.

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