![TIL that the tallest mountain in the Solar System isn't Olympus Mons (72,000 ft / 22,000 m) but Rheasilvia (73,819 ft / 22,500 m) in asteroid 4 Vesta : r/todayilearned TIL that the tallest mountain in the Solar System isn't Olympus Mons (72,000 ft / 22,000 m) but Rheasilvia (73,819 ft / 22,500 m) in asteroid 4 Vesta : r/todayilearned](https://external-preview.redd.it/1WXg5AlCyz1FsRIKx-w4xLj4AVpjbThovY00JxmLAO4.jpg?auto=webp&s=5e0eb13943d52bf5006143d147cd0a7ab7765e73)
TIL that the tallest mountain in the Solar System isn't Olympus Mons (72,000 ft / 22,000 m) but Rheasilvia (73,819 ft / 22,500 m) in asteroid 4 Vesta : r/todayilearned
![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
![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/2A5YMHJ/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-2A5YMHJ.jpg)