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.
| 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.
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A Trip Into Space  Mercury Surface Views Mercury - Jumbled, Chaotic Terrain Antipodal To The Caloris Basin |
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Mariner 10 image of the jumbled, chaotic terrain antipodal to the Caloris Basin on Mercury. This region is on the exact opposite side of the planet from the major impact which formed the Caloris Basin. It is believed the seismic waves generated by the impact were focussed to this point as they travelled through the planet, and that this is responsible for the chaotic appearance of this region. The large, flat-floored crater on the left is about 35 km in diameter, and north is up. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 11-20)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27