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Mariner 10 photomosaic of the Beethoven area on Mercury

author: JPL/Novapix

reference: a-mer03-00025

Image Size 300 DPI: 60 * 42 cm

This mosaic was made up of images taken during the outgoing leg of the first flyby. A number of bright ray craters dominate this region. The double crater, Vivaldi, 210 km in diameter, is visible in the upper right corner. Mercury's equator runs through the center of this image. North is up.

Keywords for this photo:

1974 - ASTRONOMY - BEETHOVEN - BLACK AND WHITE - CRATER - IMPACT CRATER - MARINER - MARINER 10 - MERCURY - PLANET - POSTER - VIVALDI -