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PIA19423: Awesome Abedin

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This mosaic of oblique images highlights the spectacular interior of Abedin crater. The crater floor is covered with once-molten rock melted by the impact event that formed Abedin. Cracks that formed as this melt cooled are visible. Particularly intriguing is the shallow depression that lies amidst the central peaks of the crater and may be volcanic in origin. Color imaging shows that this depression is surrounded by reddish material, as seen at other sites of explosive volcanism across Mercury.

Instrument: Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 61.7° Center Longitude: 349.3° E Scale: Abedin crater is 116 km (72 miles) in diameter

The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet. In the mission's more than four years of orbital operations, MESSENGER has acquired over 250,000 images and extensive other data sets. MESSENGER's highly successful orbital mission is about to come to an end, as the spacecraft runs out of propellant and the force of solar gravity causes it to impact the surface of Mercury in April 2015.

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current05:22, 5 January 2017Thumbnail for version as of 05:22, 5 January 20173,000 × 1,242 (348 KB)127.0.0.1 (talk)PIA19423: Awesome Abedin <p><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19423">http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA19423</a> </p> <p>This mosaic of oblique images highlights the spectacular interior of Abedin crater. The crater floor is covered with once-molten rock melted by the impact event that formed Abedin. Cracks that formed as this melt cooled are visible. Particularly intriguing is the shallow depression that lies amidst the central peaks of the crater and may be volcanic in origin. Color imaging shows that this depression is surrounded by reddish material, as seen at other sites of explosive volcanism across Mercury. </p> <p>Instrument: Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 61.7° Center Longitude: 349.3° E Scale: Abedin crater is 116 km (72 miles) in diameter </p> The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet. In the mission's more than four years of orbital operations, MESSENGER has acquired over 250,000 images and extensive other data sets. MESSENGER's highly successful orbital mission is about to come to an end, as the spacecraft runs out of propellant and the force of solar gravity causes it to impact the surface of Mercury in April 2015.
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