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Mercury by Mariner 10: crater Brahms

author: JPL/Novapix

reference: a-mer03-00030

Image Size 300 DPI: 9 * 7 cm

This crater (98 km diameter) is crater Brahms. The well-developed interior terraces and central peaks are typical for mercurian craters in this size range. Note that the smaller craters in the foreground (25-km diameter) also are terraced.

Keywords for this photo:

1974 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - BRAHMS - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MARINER - MARINER 10 - MERCURY - PLANET -