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 - Degas Crater |
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| See also: Mercury - Brahms Crater, Mercury - Craters, Mercury - Copley Crater, Mercury Fact Sheet |   |
Mariner 10 mosaic showing the bright ray crater Degas on Mercury. The crater is 45 km in diameter, and the mosaic was produced from images taken during the first and third encounters. North is up. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 3-E)
Last Update: 2004-Nov-27