The article informs about the image of steroid Pallas which reveal an extensively cratered surface reminiscent of the dimples on a golf ball. Topics discussed include international research team, led by Pierre Vernazza from the Laboratoire d'Astrophyisque de Marseille in France; and Pallas on a repeated highspeed collision course through the asteroid belt, making it receive impacts at twice the velocity on average than its more well behaved asteroid neighbors.