
A dark, smooth, relatively uncratered area on Mercury was photographed two hours after NASA Mariner 10 flew by the planet. The prominent, sharp crater with a central peak is 30 kilometers 19 miles across.
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NASA ID
PIA02412
Date Created
October 8, 1999
Center
JPL
Media Type
image
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