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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, centered near the south pole; and the 400 km (249 mi) wide Veneneia. The Rheasilvia impact basin 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...
- {{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...
- 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...
- 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...
- However, it is overlain and partially obliterated by the even larger Rheasilvia. It was discovered by the Dawn spacecraft in 2011. It is named after Venēneia...