Mercury - Mariner 10

Global mosaic of Mercury, outgoing view

Mercury
Mariner 10 mosaic of Mercury taken as the spacecraft was outbound after the first flyby. This mosaic was made up of 18 pictures, taken about 6 hours after closest approach. The north pole is at the top, and the equator is about two-thirds down from the top. The resolution is about 2 km. Half of the Caloris Basin is visible at the terminator on the left, just above the middle of the image. The bright ray crater at the upper right is the 45 km diameter Degas. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 19)
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High resolution tiff file (811K)

Location & Time Information
Date/Time (UT): 1974-03-30
Distance/Range (km): 200,000
Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A
Orbit(s): Flyby

Imaging Information
Area or Feature Type: Global view
Instrument: GEC 1-inch vidicon tube (TV) camera
Instrument Resolution (pixels): 700 x 832, 8 bit
Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.38 x 0.47
Filter: N/A
Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): 75
Phase Angle (deg): 75
Instrument Look Direction: N/A
Surface Emission Angle (deg): 0

Ordering Information
CD-ROM Volume: N/A
NASA Image ID number: Fig. 19, Atlas of Mercury
Other Image ID number: N/A
NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 73-085A-01S
NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A
Other ID: N/A

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[NASA Logo] Authors/Curators:

Dave Williams, dave.williams@nasa.gov, (301) 286-1258
Code 690.1, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

Jay Friedlander, jay.s.friedlander@nasa.gov, (301) 286-7172
Code 612.4, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771, USA

NASA Official: Dr. David R. Williams, David.R.Williams@nasa.gov
Last updated: 24 September 2015