Mercury - Mariner 10
Orthographic photomosaic of the southern hemisphere of Mercury
Mariner 10 orthographic photomosaic of the southern hemisphere
of Mercury. This mosaic is composed of images from the second
encounter, and covers areas from the equator to the south pole. The dark crater at the bottom center of the image is Chao Meng-Fu.
This crater touches the south pole and is 150 km in diameter.
Directly north (up) approximately 600 km from this crater is
the 225 km double crater Bach.
(Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 20)
Mercury
Mercury: Geology
Impact Cratering
