![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
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
![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
![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)