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OCR: This picture 01 asteroid 951 Gaspra is a mosaic two images taken by the Galileo spacecraft from range of 5,300 kilometers (3,300 miles), some 10 minutes before closest ap- proach on October 29 1991. The Sun shining from the right phase angle is 50 degre ees Gaspra is an irregular body with dimensions about 19 X 12 x 11 kilometers (12 x 7.5 x 7 miles). The portion illuminated in this view about 18 kilometers (11 miles) from lower left to upper right. The north pole is located at up-per left; Gaspra rotat tes counter clockwise every 7 hrs. The large concavity on the lower right limb is about6 kilometers (3 .7 miles) across the prominent crater on the term- inator, center left, about .5 kilomet- ers (1 mile). striking feature of f Gas- pra surface the abundance of small craters More than 600 ...