![Asteroid Vesta With Its 13-Mile-High Mountain Is Now Visible to the Naked Eye, But Not For Long | The Weather Channel Asteroid Vesta With Its 13-Mile-High Mountain Is Now Visible to the Naked Eye, But Not For Long | The Weather Channel](https://v.w-x.co/vesta1.jpeg?crop=16:9&format=pjpg&auto=webp&quality=60&width=640)
Asteroid Vesta With Its 13-Mile-High Mountain Is Now Visible to the Naked Eye, But Not For Long | The Weather Channel
![NASA's Dawn mission: topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid Vesta, updated with pictures obtained during Dawn's last look back. Around the time of Dawn's departure from Vesta NASA's Dawn mission: topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid Vesta, updated with pictures obtained during Dawn's last look back. Around the time of Dawn's departure from Vesta](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2A5YMHX/nasas-dawn-mission-topography-of-the-northern-and-southern-hemispheres-of-the-giant-asteroid-vesta-updated-with-pictures-obtained-during-dawns-last-look-back-around-the-time-of-dawns-departure-from-vesta-in-the-late-summer-of-2012-dawn-was-beginning-to-creep-over-the-high-northern-latitudes-which-were-dark-when-dawn-arrived-in-the-summer-of-2011-the-three-craters-that-make-up-dawns-snowman-feature-can-be-seen-at-the-top-of-the-northern-hemisphere-map-on-the-left-a-mountain-more-than-twice-the-height-of-mount-everest-can-be-seen-near-the-center-2A5YMHX.jpg)
NASA's Dawn mission: topography of the northern and southern hemispheres of the giant asteroid Vesta, updated with pictures obtained during Dawn's last look back. Around the time of Dawn's departure from Vesta
Space Store - DID YOU KNOW? The highest mountain known to man is on an asteroid called Vesta. It measures a whopping 22km in height, and is therefore three times as tall
![Vidushi Singh on X: "Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars is 2.5 times as tall as Mt. Everest. It is also the largest volcano and the second tallest mountain in our Solar System Vidushi Singh on X: "Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars is 2.5 times as tall as Mt. Everest. It is also the largest volcano and the second tallest mountain in our Solar System](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyghnt1VEAID5YW.jpg)