This image, taken with the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC), shows the crater Eminescu. Named for the nineteenth century Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu, Eminescu displays bright hollows at its center. These shallow, irregular depressions were a surprising find in MESSENGER high-resolution images, and the possible causes of their formation are still being studied.
Date acquired: January 03, 2012
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 234069368
Image ID: 1218106
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filter: 4 (558 nanometers)
Center Latitude: 10.29°
Center Longitude: 113.9° E
Resolution: 469 meters/pixel
Scale: Eminescu crater is about 130 km (80 miles) in diameter.
Incidence Angle: 26.5°
Emission Angle: 23.6°
Phase Angle: 50.2°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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