![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
![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://s.w-x.co/vesta.jpg)
Asteroid Vesta With Its 13-Mile-High Mountain Is Now Visible to the Naked Eye, But Not For Long | The Weather Channel
![Vidushi Singh on Twitter: "Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars is 2.5 times as tall as Mt. Everest. It is also the largest volcano and the second tallest mountain in our Solar System Vidushi Singh on Twitter: "Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars is 2.5 times as tall as Mt. Everest. It is also the largest volcano and the second tallest mountain in our Solar System](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eyghnt1VEAID5YW.jpg)
Vidushi Singh on Twitter: "Mountain Olympus Mons on Mars is 2.5 times as tall as Mt. Everest. It is also the largest volcano and the second tallest mountain in our Solar System
![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)