Rheasilvia mountain of Vesta is three times bigger than Mount Everest. It is the highest mountain in the solar system. Everest is known to be the tallest in the world. But did you know that it is not the tallest mountain in the solar system? The highest peak in the Solar System is not on Earth but on the asteroid Vesta, called Mount Rheasylvia. It is three times bigger than Mount Everest. Everest, the world's highest peak, is a challenging journey for mountaineers. However, a mountain three times the size of Everest may come as a surprise. Many people want to know information about the highest peak in the universe, the tallest mountain in the solar system.
Vesta's Mount Resilvia, at 22,500 m (74,000 ft), is three times the size of Mount Everest and is formed by a crater that covers 90 percent of the asteroid's surface. The next largest mountain is the 'Olympus Mons' of Mars. At 21,945 m (72,000 ft) Olympus Mons is the second tallest volcano in the Solar System on Mars. Olympus Mons is a 'shield volcano' spread over an area like France. For the past 25 million years, the volcano has been dormant. Olympus Mons was first discovered by NASA's Mariner 9 spacecraft in 1971 and is named after the mythical home of the Greek gods.
The mountain is formed by a series of peaks called Tharsis Rise. It is near the equator of Mars. It is noteworthy that Olympus Mons was not formed by the movement of tectonic plates like volcanoes on Earth, and that a magma hotspot sits above. Millions of years of activity resulted in the formation of a volcano at this site. Recently, a shocking discovery was made when scientists discovered ice formations on the top of Mt. A layer of frost, as thick as a human hair, forms on the summit every day.
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