Searching for Vulcanoids
In mid-February, before and after MESSENGER latest perihelion closest approach to the Sun, an imaging campaign was conducted to search for vulcanoids, small rocky bodies that have been postulated to exist in orbits between Mercury and the Sun.
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PIA12038
Date Created
March 3, 2009
Center
JPL
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