My interpretation of Vesta's south pole impact that formed Rheasilvia crater. Before impact older Veneneia crater can be seen.
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July 11, 2025 at 6:09 AM
My interpretation of Vesta's south pole impact that formed Rheasilvia crater. Before impact older Veneneia crater can be seen.
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Olympus Mons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus...
It is Mars's tallest volcano, its tallest planetary mountain, and is approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta as the tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System.
It is Mars's tallest volcano, its tallest planetary mountain, and is approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta as the tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System.
March 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Olympus Mons en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus...
It is Mars's tallest volcano, its tallest planetary mountain, and is approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta as the tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System.
It is Mars's tallest volcano, its tallest planetary mountain, and is approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta as the tallest mountain currently discovered in the Solar System.
Rheasilvia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheasil...
The mean is affected by the crater itself. It is 89% the mean equatorial diameter of 569 km (354 mi), making it one of the largest craters in the Solar System, and at 75°S latitude, covers most of the southern hemisphere.
The mean is affected by the crater itself. It is 89% the mean equatorial diameter of 569 km (354 mi), making it one of the largest craters in the Solar System, and at 75°S latitude, covers most of the southern hemisphere.
March 26, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Rheasilvia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheasil...
The mean is affected by the crater itself. It is 89% the mean equatorial diameter of 569 km (354 mi), making it one of the largest craters in the Solar System, and at 75°S latitude, covers most of the southern hemisphere.
The mean is affected by the crater itself. It is 89% the mean equatorial diameter of 569 km (354 mi), making it one of the largest craters in the Solar System, and at 75°S latitude, covers most of the southern hemisphere.
Mons Olympus and Rheasilvia scoff as Earth mountains.
February 23, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Mons Olympus and Rheasilvia scoff as Earth mountains.
TIL, except maybe, depending on how you measure it, Rheasilvia.
November 26, 2024 at 4:43 AM
TIL, except maybe, depending on how you measure it, Rheasilvia.
Year of Space Facts: Week 19/52 🔭🧪🛰️
Earth's Mauna Kea, at 10.2 km, does not even break into the top 5 tallest (base-to-peak) mountains in the solar system:
5. Ascraeus Mons 15 km
4. South Boösaule Mons 17 km
3. Iapetus Equatorial Ridge 20 km
2. Rheasilvia central peak 23 km
1. Olympus Mons 26 km 🏆
Earth's Mauna Kea, at 10.2 km, does not even break into the top 5 tallest (base-to-peak) mountains in the solar system:
5. Ascraeus Mons 15 km
4. South Boösaule Mons 17 km
3. Iapetus Equatorial Ridge 20 km
2. Rheasilvia central peak 23 km
1. Olympus Mons 26 km 🏆
May 12, 2026 at 2:37 AM
Year of Space Facts: Week 19/52 🔭🧪🛰️
Earth's Mauna Kea, at 10.2 km, does not even break into the top 5 tallest (base-to-peak) mountains in the solar system:
5. Ascraeus Mons 15 km
4. South Boösaule Mons 17 km
3. Iapetus Equatorial Ridge 20 km
2. Rheasilvia central peak 23 km
1. Olympus Mons 26 km 🏆
Earth's Mauna Kea, at 10.2 km, does not even break into the top 5 tallest (base-to-peak) mountains in the solar system:
5. Ascraeus Mons 15 km
4. South Boösaule Mons 17 km
3. Iapetus Equatorial Ridge 20 km
2. Rheasilvia central peak 23 km
1. Olympus Mons 26 km 🏆
Olympus Mons is only debatably the tallest mountain in our solar system. Rheasilvia is an impact crater on the minor planet 4 Vesta, and the mountain at the center of the crater is technically taller!
What's your favorite obscure factoid?
February 1, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Olympus Mons is only debatably the tallest mountain in our solar system. Rheasilvia is an impact crater on the minor planet 4 Vesta, and the mountain at the center of the crater is technically taller!
Your day is governed by the eight of pentacles, the Rheasilvia crater of Vesta, and periwinkles.
Your lucky vegetable is okra.
Your lucky colour code is #EE121D.
Your lucky sound is lowing.
Do not go to a tanning salon today unless you are wearing a linen shirt.
Your lucky vegetable is okra.
Your lucky colour code is #EE121D.
Your lucky sound is lowing.
Do not go to a tanning salon today unless you are wearing a linen shirt.
May 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Your day is governed by the eight of pentacles, the Rheasilvia crater of Vesta, and periwinkles.
Your lucky vegetable is okra.
Your lucky colour code is #EE121D.
Your lucky sound is lowing.
Do not go to a tanning salon today unless you are wearing a linen shirt.
Your lucky vegetable is okra.
Your lucky colour code is #EE121D.
Your lucky sound is lowing.
Do not go to a tanning salon today unless you are wearing a linen shirt.
The impact that created the Rheasilvia crater excavated about 1% of Vesta's volume, ejecting it into space and likely forming the Vestoid family of asteroids.
Extraordinary depiction by Vitkus Justinas:
www.artstation.com/artwork/DvvNde
Extraordinary depiction by Vitkus Justinas:
www.artstation.com/artwork/DvvNde
March 26, 2024 at 10:27 PM
The impact that created the Rheasilvia crater excavated about 1% of Vesta's volume, ejecting it into space and likely forming the Vestoid family of asteroids.
Extraordinary depiction by Vitkus Justinas:
www.artstation.com/artwork/DvvNde
Extraordinary depiction by Vitkus Justinas:
www.artstation.com/artwork/DvvNde
Current planned ships:
1. Olympus Mons
2. Verona Rupes
3. Valles Marineris
4. Loki Patera
5. Rheasilvia
1. Olympus Mons
2. Verona Rupes
3. Valles Marineris
4. Loki Patera
5. Rheasilvia
October 20, 2024 at 9:27 PM
Current planned ships:
1. Olympus Mons
2. Verona Rupes
3. Valles Marineris
4. Loki Patera
5. Rheasilvia
1. Olympus Mons
2. Verona Rupes
3. Valles Marineris
4. Loki Patera
5. Rheasilvia
Teaser from my novel SHE-WOLF... 🐺
#query #querying #seekingrepresentation #mswl #retelling #mythretelling #fantasy #QL #queryletter #novel #novelexcerpt #writer #ancientrome #rheasilvia #sabinewomen #book
#query #querying #seekingrepresentation #mswl #retelling #mythretelling #fantasy #QL #queryletter #novel #novelexcerpt #writer #ancientrome #rheasilvia #sabinewomen #book
August 9, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Teaser from my novel SHE-WOLF... 🐺
#query #querying #seekingrepresentation #mswl #retelling #mythretelling #fantasy #QL #queryletter #novel #novelexcerpt #writer #ancientrome #rheasilvia #sabinewomen #book
#query #querying #seekingrepresentation #mswl #retelling #mythretelling #fantasy #QL #queryletter #novel #novelexcerpt #writer #ancientrome #rheasilvia #sabinewomen #book
Olympus Mons, la montaña más alta de Marte. 🔭
Con una elevación de 21,9 km (medido con el altímetro láser de la Mars Orbiter, MOLA) es la segunda más alta del sistema solar, detrás de la montaña central de Rheasilvia (23 km). Aquí vemos su comparación en tamaño con Francia.
Con una elevación de 21,9 km (medido con el altímetro láser de la Mars Orbiter, MOLA) es la segunda más alta del sistema solar, detrás de la montaña central de Rheasilvia (23 km). Aquí vemos su comparación en tamaño con Francia.
April 24, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Olympus Mons, la montaña más alta de Marte. 🔭
Con una elevación de 21,9 km (medido con el altímetro láser de la Mars Orbiter, MOLA) es la segunda más alta del sistema solar, detrás de la montaña central de Rheasilvia (23 km). Aquí vemos su comparación en tamaño con Francia.
Con una elevación de 21,9 km (medido con el altímetro láser de la Mars Orbiter, MOLA) es la segunda más alta del sistema solar, detrás de la montaña central de Rheasilvia (23 km). Aquí vemos su comparación en tamaño con Francia.
Rheasilvia said, “bitch, hold my beer”
August 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Rheasilvia said, “bitch, hold my beer”
#ThroughTheCracks: Olympus Mons on Mars is one of the tallest mountains in the Solar System (approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta, apparently). Will the story take us there? Only if it takes us to the Mars colony, which it probably won't. Maybe in a sequel, if I give it a sequel? (2/2)
February 5, 2026 at 4:03 AM
#ThroughTheCracks: Olympus Mons on Mars is one of the tallest mountains in the Solar System (approximately tied with Rheasilvia on Vesta, apparently). Will the story take us there? Only if it takes us to the Mars colony, which it probably won't. Maybe in a sequel, if I give it a sequel? (2/2)
Rheasilvia, basically a whole-ass flying impact crater.
October 9, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Rheasilvia, basically a whole-ass flying impact crater.
Vesta stands alone as a revolutionary project, an asteroid amid the inky black. In the canyon of Rheasilvia, the Council plots and backstabs, dreaming of the power to forge the unfinished nation into polished steel. Yet Corporate looms, ready to shatter the dream into molten slag.
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Vesta Mandate
A Sci-Fi Political Intrigue RPG Vesta Station stands between Corporate oligarchy and total revolution. Corporate has smashed Earth into its own image, an authoritarian nightmare of endless subsidiary…
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June 7, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Vesta stands alone as a revolutionary project, an asteroid amid the inky black. In the canyon of Rheasilvia, the Council plots and backstabs, dreaming of the power to forge the unfinished nation into polished steel. Yet Corporate looms, ready to shatter the dream into molten slag.
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Só hoje descobri que o pico Rheasilvia no asteroide/protoplaneta Vesta é comparável em altura ao Monte Olimpo em Marte.
September 29, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Só hoje descobri que o pico Rheasilvia no asteroide/protoplaneta Vesta é comparável em altura ao Monte Olimpo em Marte.
This is the ACTUAL tallest mountain in our Solar System and it's a peak in the middle of a crater called Rheasilvia. From base to peak it is taller than the Olympus Mons. Pictured is the protoplanet it resides on, Vesta.
November 28, 2024 at 11:07 AM
This is the ACTUAL tallest mountain in our Solar System and it's a peak in the middle of a crater called Rheasilvia. From base to peak it is taller than the Olympus Mons. Pictured is the protoplanet it resides on, Vesta.
So where do we go to find a mountain in our solar system taller and more challenging than Everest? Rheasilvia on Vesta?
May 25, 2025 at 6:59 PM
So where do we go to find a mountain in our solar system taller and more challenging than Everest? Rheasilvia on Vesta?
A mountain to rival Olympus Mons, on an asteroid
Rheasilvia's central peak rises about 22 km — on Vesta, a body just 500 km across. Fly it as Dawn measured it.
https://everythingspace.online/atlas/terrain/rheasilvia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=product_update
#astronomy
Rheasilvia's central peak rises about 22 km — on Vesta, a body just 500 km across. Fly it as Dawn measured it.
https://everythingspace.online/atlas/terrain/rheasilvia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=product_update
#astronomy
Rheasilvia Basin in 3D — fly the real Vesta terrain from NASA data
A mountain rivaling Olympus Mons, at the south pole of an asteroid.
everythingspace.online
September 5, 2026 at 12:01 AM
A mountain to rival Olympus Mons, on an asteroid
Rheasilvia's central peak rises about 22 km — on Vesta, a body just 500 km across. Fly it as Dawn measured it.
https://everythingspace.online/atlas/terrain/rheasilvia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=product_update
#astronomy
Rheasilvia's central peak rises about 22 km — on Vesta, a body just 500 km across. Fly it as Dawn measured it.
https://everythingspace.online/atlas/terrain/rheasilvia?utm_source=bluesky&utm_campaign=product_update
#astronomy
Mars, 72,000ft: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus.... Rivaled or exceeded by the center mountain in a crater of Vesta (asteroid), 74,000ft: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheasil....
Rheasilvia - Wikipedia
en.m.wikipedia.org
November 29, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Mars, 72,000ft: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympus.... Rivaled or exceeded by the center mountain in a crater of Vesta (asteroid), 74,000ft: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheasil....
I am neither a geologist nor a stone tool maker, so I wouldn't know.
I know from attending talks that the resulting crater - Rheasilvia - is huge, and Vesta was / is solid enough (i.e., small enough) that the body left it more or less as it was.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
I know from attending talks that the resulting crater - Rheasilvia - is huge, and Vesta was / is solid enough (i.e., small enough) that the body left it more or less as it was.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
November 14, 2025 at 12:27 PM
I am neither a geologist nor a stone tool maker, so I wouldn't know.
I know from attending talks that the resulting crater - Rheasilvia - is huge, and Vesta was / is solid enough (i.e., small enough) that the body left it more or less as it was.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
I know from attending talks that the resulting crater - Rheasilvia - is huge, and Vesta was / is solid enough (i.e., small enough) that the body left it more or less as it was.
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/co...
Rheasilvia, located on the asteroid Vesta, is a mountain believed to be between 12.4 to 15.5 miles tall. This places it in close competition with Olympus Mons for the title of the solar system’s tallest mountain. It also happens to be a Falcons fan. #AtlantaFalcons #Falcons #NFL #SpaceFacts
January 5, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Rheasilvia, located on the asteroid Vesta, is a mountain believed to be between 12.4 to 15.5 miles tall. This places it in close competition with Olympus Mons for the title of the solar system’s tallest mountain. It also happens to be a Falcons fan. #AtlantaFalcons #Falcons #NFL #SpaceFacts
Some close up detail shots of my PK-237 Life Support Unit and accompanying TK-1 vacuum helmet, as seen in The Expanse. I built both of these as part of a cosplay last year in the span of about 3 weeks for Neotropolis 2023 and have been tinkering with them ever since!
#TheExpanse #Cosplay
#TheExpanse #Cosplay
November 12, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Some close up detail shots of my PK-237 Life Support Unit and accompanying TK-1 vacuum helmet, as seen in The Expanse. I built both of these as part of a cosplay last year in the span of about 3 weeks for Neotropolis 2023 and have been tinkering with them ever since!
#TheExpanse #Cosplay
#TheExpanse #Cosplay
I love using the small details of a costume to tell a story about a character, even if when they go unnoticed to others. This character is a Belter pirate from Rheasilvia on the asteroid Vesta, who spends his scrip on bootleg Blackhole System merchandise - his favorite zergmetal band in the belt.
November 12, 2024 at 8:04 AM
I love using the small details of a costume to tell a story about a character, even if when they go unnoticed to others. This character is a Belter pirate from Rheasilvia on the asteroid Vesta, who spends his scrip on bootleg Blackhole System merchandise - his favorite zergmetal band in the belt.