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Mercury by Messenger- Oct 6 2008

author: Nasa/JHUAPL/ Carnegie Institution of Washington/Novapix

reference: a-mer04-00019

Image Size 300 DPI: 9 * 9 cm

This image was taken just 8 minutes and 47 seconds after the MESSENGER spacecraft passed 200 kilometers (124 miles) above Mercury's surface, its closest distance to the planet during the mission's second Mercury flyby. The crater in the upper right corner of this image is Boethius.

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2008 - ASTRONOMY - BLACK AND WHITE - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MERCURY - MESSENGER - PLANET -