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Mercury Messenger's First Look


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Here is Messenger's first look at Mercury: the first pictures since Mariner 10 made three fly bys in 1974 and 1975.

 

It is believed that Mercury's surface has been largely undisturbed since the Solar Systems late bombardment phase ~4-5 billion years ago.

 

Over the next few months Messenger will settle in to an orbit of Mercury and will stay there for extended studies of the planet.

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