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Tomorrow

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington2015-04-29

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This image from MESSENGER spacecraft covers a small area located about 115 km south of the center of Mansart crater. The smallest craters visible in the image are about the size of the 16-meter (52-feet) crater that will be made by the impact of the MESSENGER spacecraft. The impact will take place tomorrow, April 30, 2015.

Just left of center is a crater that is about 80 meters in diameter. The bright area on its right wall may be an outcrop of hollows material.

Date acquired: April 28, 2015
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 72505530
Image ID: 8408666
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 69.8° N
Center Longitude: 303.7° E
Resolution: 2.0 meters/pixel
Scale: The scene is about 1 km (0.6 miles) wide. This image has not been map projected.
Incidence Angle: 79.0°
Emission Angle: 11.0°
Phase Angle: 90.0°

http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19442

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  • Title: Tomorrow
  • Creator: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
  • Date Created: 2015-04-29
  • Rights: JPL
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