☄️ Rheasilvia

Antarctica · Antarctica · 71.95°S, 86.30°E

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Rheasilvia
Rheasilvia is the largest impact crater on the asteroid Vesta. It is 505 km (314 mi) in diameter, which is 90% the diameter of Vesta itself, and is 95% the mean diameter of Vesta, 529 km (329 mi). However, the mean is affected by the crater itself. It is 89% the mean equatorial diameter of 569 km (354 mi), making it one of the largest craters in the Solar System, and at 75°S latitude, covers most of the southern hemisphere. The peak in the center of the crater is 200 km (120 mi) in diameter, and rises 19–22 km from its base, making it one of the tallest mountains known in the Solar System.

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Quick facts

CountryAntarctica
Continent / regionAntarctica
Coordinates (approx.)71.95°S, 86.30°E · view on map

Rheasilvia is located in Antarctica, in Antarctica.

More impact craters in Antarctica

Agassiz (crater) · Alencar (crater) · Arcas (crater) · Bach (crater) · Bailly (crater) · Barnard (Martian crater) · Belinskij (crater) · Bernini (crater) · Bettinus (crater) · Blancanus (crater).

Coordinates approximate. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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