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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...
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    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...
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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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    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...
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  • {{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...
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    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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    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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    the asteroid Vesta, after Rheasilvia and Veneneia. It is one of several old, degraded impact basins that predate the Rheasilvia basin that now dominates...
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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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    Mittlefehldt, D. W.; Le Corre, L.; et al. (December 2014). "Imprint of the Rheasilvia impact on Vesta – Geologic mapping of quadrangles Gegania and Lucaria"...
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