Except for a number of low-resolution full-globe images
obtained by the Hubble Space Telescope the surface
of Vesta remains largely unknown. New image
data from NASA’s Dawn mission that will arrive at
asteroid Vesta in July 2011 for a 9 month systematic
mapping phase to investigate Vesta’s geology [1]. This
proposal of lunar analogues relies on medium to lowresolution
image data from the Clementine and Lunar
Orbiter missions as well as high-resolution image
data obtained from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter
(LRO), Chandrayaan-1 and Kaguya camera experiments
that are comparable to the expected Dawn
instrument resolutions
