De Graft crater was named for 20th century Ghanaian playwright, poet, and novelist Joe de Graft following MESSENGER's second flyby of the innermost planet. De Graft is a complex crater that hosts numerous bright hollows on its floor. This image is a mosaic of three NAC images taken as a sequence designed to target the crater.
Date acquired: January 23, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 235766888, 235766929, 235766969
Image ID: 1300010, 1300011, 1300012
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Center Latitude: 21.90°
Center Longitude: 1.78° E
Resolution: 57 meters/pixel
Scale: De Graft crater is approximately 68 km (42 mi.) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 73.5°
Emission Angle: 37.1°
Phase Angle: 110.7°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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