Scrutinizing Secondaries
The surface in this scene captured by NASA MESSENGER spacecraft has been pummeled by secondary craters, possibly from the impact that formed the nearby Mickiewicz crater. MESSENGER has acquired nearly 25,000 images below 10 meters/pixel (~33 feet/pixel), allowing us to examine the innermost planet at an unprecedented scale. Date acquired: April 21, 2015 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 71933951 Image ID: 8369698 Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 24.12° Center Longitude: 260.65° E Resolution: 5.0 meters/pixel Scale: This scene is approximately 500 meters (0.3 mi.) across http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19426
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PIA19426
Date Created
April 22, 2015
Center
JPL
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