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Emily Lakdawalla • Sep 29, 2009
MESSENGER's latest Mercury image
A new image of MESSENGER's forward view from 44 hours out. As I write, we're under 11 hours from closest approach.
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44 hours from Mercury Flyby 3
MESSENGER took this photo of Mercury on September 28, 2009 on its way in to its third flyby. At the time it was 542,000 kilometers from the planet.
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55 hours from Mercury Flyby 3
MESSENGER snapped this photo of Mercury from 672,000 kilometers away on September 27, 2009, on approach to its third flyby. A small strip of terrain near the limb has not before been seen by spacecraft.Support our core enterprises
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