Surface Covered by Regolith and Fresh Young Impacts

This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth area of Vesta surface. This region is smooth because it is mostly covered by fine-grained debris, known as regolith.

This image of asteroid Vesta from NASA Dawn spacecraft shows a relatively smooth area of Vesta surface. This region is smooth because it is mostly covered by fine-grained debris, known as regolith.