Rhea Silvia, a mythological vestal virgin and mother of the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus
Rheasilvia/ˌriːəˈsɪlviə/ 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 22.5 km (14.0 mi; 74,000 ft) from its base,[3][2] making it one of the tallest mountains known in the Solar System.
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Rheasilvia /ˌriːəˈsɪlviə/ 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...
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...
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...
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...
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) 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...
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...
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...
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...
thought to have originated deep within Vesta's crust, possibly from the Rheasilvia crater, a large impact crater on its southern hemisphere which formed...
the asteroid Vesta, after Rheasilvia and Veneneia. It is one of several old, degraded impact basins that predate the Rheasilvia basin that now dominates...
takes up 5.7% of its diameter: this is proportionally larger than the Rheasilvia crater on Vesta, which is the reason Vesta is not usually considered a...
Basin is another example of a crater formed by a massive impact event. Rheasilvia on Vesta is an example of a crater formed by an impact capable of, based...
around the Rheasilvia impact basin. As such, early hypotheses of the origin of Divalia Fossae have invoked the impact event that created Rheasilvia, with energy...
2012). "Mega-Impacts into Planetary Bodies: Global Effects of the Giant Rheasilvia Impact Basin on Vesta". 43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. The...
Huygens – Mars – Diameter: 470 km Schiaparelli – Mars – Diameter: 470 km Rheasilvia – 4 Vesta – Diameter: 460 km Gerin – Iapetus – Diameter: 445 km Odysseus...
which ejected 6%±1% of the volume of Pallas (twice the volume of the Rheasilvia basin on Vesta), may have increased its inclination and slowed its rotation;...
mass-deficits relative to its nominal ellipsoid shape and are reminiscent of the Rheasilvia basin on 4 Vesta. In addition to the large-scale regions of mass-deficit...
Titan volcanoes and cryovolcanoes Rilles Mountains (the highest being Rheasilvia on 4 Vesta)[citation needed] Escarpments Canyons and valleys (the largest...
visited by Apollo 15. The tallest mountain known in the Solar System is in Rheasilvia crater on the asteroid Vesta, which contains a central mound that rises...
thought to have originated deep within 4 Vesta's crust, possibly from the Rheasilvia crater, a large impact crater on its southern hemisphere near the South...
thought to have originated deep within 4 Vesta's crust, possibly from the Rheasilvia crater, a large impact crater on its southern hemisphere near the South...
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