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Rheasilvia /ˌriːəˈsɪlviə/ is the most
prominent surface feature on the
asteroid Vesta and is
thought to be an
impact crater. It is 505 km (314 mi) in diameter...
- 500-kilometre (311 mi)-wide
Rheasilvia crater,
centered near the
south pole, and the 400 km (249 mi) wide
Veneneia crater. The
Rheasilvia crater is
younger and...
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Olympus Mons on Mars with an
altitude of 21.9 to 26 km. The
central peak of
Rheasilvia on the
asteroid Vesta is also a
candidate to be the tallest, with an estimated...
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Rheasilvia and
Veneneia are 95% and 75% of the mean
diameter of Vesta, 529 km. However...
- volcano, its
tallest planetary mountain, and is
approximately tied with
Rheasilvia on
Vesta as the
tallest mountain currently discovered in the
Solar System...
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Olympus Mons, the
tallest mountain on any
planet in the
Solar System Rheasilvia crater's
central peak, the
tallest mountain in the
Solar System Peaks...
- the
Solar System; the only
known mountain which might be
taller is the
Rheasilvia peak on the
asteroid Vesta, at 20–25 km (12–16 mi). The
dichotomy of Martian...
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minerals such as olivine.
Aside from the
large crater at its
southern pole,
Rheasilvia,
Vesta also has an
ellipsoidal shape.
Vesta is the
parent body of the...
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composition than Ceres's. Its
surface is
marked by two
giant craters:
Rheasilvia and Veneneia.
Pallas (2.15–2.57 AU) is the third-largest
object in the...
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thought to have
originated deep
within Vesta's crust,
possibly from the
Rheasilvia crater, a
large impact crater on its
southern hemisphere which formed...
