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...

volcano, its tallest planetary mountain, and is approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta as the tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System...

{{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...

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...

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...