PIA18149: MESSENGER Views Rachmaninoff Basin (Artist's Concept)


MESSENGER Views Rachmaninoff Basin (Artist’s Concept)

Caption:

A depiction of the MESSENGER spacecraft is shown viewing the Rachmaninoff basin. Both the monochrome and enhanced color views of Mercury were obtained during MESSENGER's third Mercury flyby.

Background Info:

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Cataloging Keywords:

Name Value Additional Values
Target Mercury
System
Target Type Planet
Mission MESSENGER
Instrument Host MESSENGER
Host Type Orbiter
Instrument
Detector
Extra Keywords Artwork, Color
Acquisition Date
Release Date 2009-10-17
Date in Caption
Image Credit NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Source photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA18149
Identifier PIA18149