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This mosaic of Mercury was taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its approach on 29 March 1974. The mosaic consists of 18 images taken at 42 s intervals during a 13 minute period when the spacecraft was 200,000 km (about 6 hours prior to closest approach) from the planet. | 55k | |||
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This mosaic, also by the Mariner 10 spacecraft on the 29 March 1974, was taken while it retreated from the planet. Again consisting of 18 images, these images show somewhat more of the illuminated surface. | 180k | |||
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This mosaic shows the Caloris Basin (located half-way in shadow on the terminator). Caloris is Latin for heat and the basin is named this because it is near the subsolar point (the point closest to the sun) when Mercury is at perihelion (the closest point in its orbit to the sun). | 102k | |||
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Mosaic of the Discovery quadrangle of Mercury. | H-11 | 68k | ||
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Mosaic of the Shakespeare quadrangle of Mercury. | H-3 | 104k | ||
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Mosaic of the Bach area of Mercury. | H-15 | 113k |
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Author/curator: Dr. Edwin V. Bell, II NSSDC, Mail Code 633 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD 20771 +1-301-286-1187 ed.bell@gsfc.nasa.gov |