Mercure par Messenger

This mosaic is in orthographic map projection with a resolution of 0.6 kilometers (0.37 miles) per pixel. It is centered around 2 degrees South latitude, 322 degrees East longitude. The mosaic covers the eastern portions of the terrain covered by Mariner 10 in the 1970s as well as some terrain that wasn't revealed until the MESSENGER encounter on October 6, 2008. This terrain includes two ray craters at upper right and lower right that had previously only been seen in low-resolution RADAR data from Earth. The prominent ray crater just below and left of the center of the mosaic is Kuiper, previously observed by Mariner 10..Taille max du tirage : 120x120 cm