This image, taken with the Wide Angle Camera (WAC), shows an unnamed crater in Mercury's northern hemisphere. This complex crater displays bright central peaks and terraced walls. It may also contain hollows at its center--shallow, bright impressions which were a surprising find in some of MESSENGER's high-resolution images.
Date acquired: December 02, 2011
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 231308591
Image ID: 1084977
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filter: 7 (748 nanometers)
Center Latitude: 39.68°
Center Longitude: 111.0° E
Resolution: 107 meters/pixel
Scale: The large crater is about 75 km (47 miles) in diameter
Incidence Angle: 73.7°
Emission Angle: 6.4°
Phase Angle: 73.5°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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