Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) and Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Resolution: 2.5 km/pixel Scale: Mercury's diameter is 4880 kilometers (3030 miles) Map Projection: orthographic Center Latitude: 0° Center Longitude: 90° Of Interest: The above image shows an orthographic projection of this global mosaic centered at 0°N, 90°E. The peak-ring basin Rachmaninoff can be seen in the northwest portion of the globe, Rembrandt basin can be seen towards the south, and Eminescu and Raditladi can be seen just east of center. The edge of the Caloris basin is just visible along the eastern edge of this globe. | |
Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington |
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Thursday, 1 December 2011
Mercury Globe: 0°N, 90°E - Nasa Messenger Image: Release Date 30 Nov 2011
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