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m10_aom_21.jpgThe "burning" Caloris Basin (HR)65 visiteThe largest basin on Mercury (about 1300 Km - or 800 miles across) was named Caloris (Latin for "heat") because it is one of the two areas on the Planet that face the Sun at perihelion.
The Image Processing Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this photomosaic using computer software and techniques developed for use in processing planetary data.
The Mariner 10 spacecraft imaged this Region during its initial flyby of the Planet.
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m10_aom_18.jpgMercury's "Inbound" view and Kuiper Crater59 visiteThis is a mosaic of images taken of Mercury taken from 125.000 miles away. The tiny, brightly rayed crater (just below center top) was the first recognizable feature on the Planet's surface and was named in memory of astronomer Gerard Kuiper, a Mariner 10 team member.
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m10_aom_15_11.jpgTerraced Crater with Central Peak (HR)55 visitenessun commento
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m10_aom_11_20~0.jpgCrater and scarps (HR)54 visiteHigh-Resolution (HR) picture of a 65-Km diameter crater and the scarp transecting it's floor (to the left of this image). The scarp has a slightly terraced appearance which may be individual fault planes compromising an imbricate thrust fault.
This image (FDS 27464) was acquired during the spacecraft's first encounter with Mercury.
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m10_aom_3_8.jpgTerraced Mercurian Crater with multiple central Peaks (HR)58 visiteThis crater (about 74 Km diameter) just North of the Caloris Planitia displays interior and central peaks rising up from a hilly floor. The continuous ejecta deposits and secondary crater field are well defined.
This image (FDS 79) was taken during the spacecraft's first encounter with Mercury.
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m10_aom_3_2.jpgTerraced Mercurian Craters (HR)59 visiteThis crater (about 98 km diameter) illustrates the narrow hummocky rim facies, radial ridges and surrounding extensive field of secondary craters.
The well-developed interior terraces and central peaks are typical for Mercurian Craters in this size range.
Note that the smaller craters in the foreground (25-Km diameter) also are terraced.
This image(FDS 80)was taken during the spacecraft's first encounter with Mercury.
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