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
![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
![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)