This is the Web Edition of "A Trip Into Space", a Coimbra-based electronic book on space science. Both the texts and the photos are by courtesy of National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Mercury
Copley Crater

Mariner 10 photomosaic of SW Discovery quadrangle, Mercury. The bright-rayed crater at the upper left is Copley, diameter 30 km, centered at 37.5 S, 85.5 W. The mosaic was made from images taken during the first two flybys. North is up. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 11-C)

Last Update: 2004-Nov-27