Details of MESSENGER's Impact Location

Autor/Urheber:

NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington

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https://www.dewiki.de/b/2375de

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These graphics show the current best prediction of the location and time of MESSENGER's impact on Mercury's surface, as of 24 hours before the impact. Those current best estimates are:

• Date: 30 April 2015
• Time: 3:26:02 pm EDT (19:26:02 UTC)
• Latitude: 54.4° N
• Longitude: 210.1° E

Traveling at 3.91 kilometers per second (over 8,700 miles per hour), the MESSENGER spacecraft will collide with Mercury's surface, creating a crater estimated to be 16 meters (52 feet) in diameter.

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Public domain

Credit:

http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?gallery_id=2&image_id=1602 (image link)

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