NASA Messenger Probe reaches and orbits Planet Mercury!

[Morcego]

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pwede pa ba kha mazoom og maayo sa Messenger ang iyang mga pics

[rodsky]

pwede pa ba kha mazoom og maayo sa Messenger ang iyang mga pics

Yes. Depende sa orbit altitude. This was taken at a rather high altitude--akong huna-huna sa perigee sa iyang orbit, only a few miles from the surface--grabe siguro ang detail nga makuha sa cameras sa Messenger, huwat ra ta

-RODION

[buykowimax]

we are now exploring other planets but what's ironic is we haven't really explored our own planet yet. no one has really explored the depths of our oceans; the volcanoes, valleys and canyons underneath us... just a thought,,,,

[rodsky]

Morcego asked for it, now NASA provides it.

Zoomed-in view of Debussy...



-RODION

[THE SKULLS]

wow. amazing.

[ArCkz]

Mura ug paper target.... daghan ug buslot. Maybe from time to time naay falling debris/stars/rocks dha sa Mercury.

[rodsky]

Mura ug paper target.... daghan ug buslot. Maybe from time to time naay falling debris/stars/rocks dha sa Mercury.

Not really. About 99% of the craters you see on Mercury are over hundreds millions years old. The impactors are the remnants/fragments of the other planets which didn't survive the early solar system configuration (estimated that at one time, the solar system had over 150 planets).

-RODION

[stealthghost]

IMO, Jupiter is the Paper target, coz it protect us, inner planets, like Mars, Mercury, Venus and Earth from deadly asteroid outside Jupiter..

[yanong_banikanhon]

From earth, it looks like a bright star.


Mercury with our moon.

but up close its breathtaking !

Video link:

Mercury: Up Close (youtube video)

[rodsky]

Merging.

-RODION