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The Newly Discovered Rembrandt Impact Basin
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Caption:
This NAC mosaic of the newly discovered Rembrandt impact basin was presented last week during a NASA media teleconference. The number per area and size distribution of impact craters superposed on Rembrandt's rim indicates that it is one of the youngest impact basins on Mercury. To read more about Rembrandt and view other images presented during the event, visit the media teleconference webpage .
Date Acquired:
October 6, 2008
Instrument:
Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Scale:
Rembrandt basin is 715 kilometers (444 miles) in diameter
Background Info:
These images are from MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission to conduct the first orbital study of the innermost planet, Mercury. For information regarding the use of images, see the MESSENGER image use policy .
Cataloging Keywords:
| Name | Value | Additional Values |
|---|---|---|
| Target | Mercury | |
| System | ||
| Target Type | Planet | |
| Mission | MESSENGER | |
| Instrument Host | MESSENGER | |
| Host Type | Orbiter | |
| Instrument | Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) | |
| Detector | Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) | |
| Extra Keywords | Crater, Grayscale, Impact | |
| Acquisition Date | ||
| Release Date | 2009-05-05 | |
| Date in Caption | 2008-10-06 | |
| Image Credit | NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Smithsonian Institution/Carnegie Institution of Washington | |
| Source | photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA12049 | |
| Identifier | PIA12049 | |
