
| INTRODUCTION to the MERCURY
SOURCE DATA |
The maps of Mercury on this site are based on data from
the single Mariner 10 mission which made three flyby encounters with Mercury
in 1974 and 1975.
|
Mission
|
Encounter dates
|
Type of encounter
|
Significant discoveries
|
Closest approach
|
Best resolution
|
| Mariner 10 |
29 March 1974
|
flyby
|
first detailed views
highly cratered surface
Caloris impact basin
|
704 km
|
120 m
|
| Mariner 10 |
21 September 1974 |
flyby
|
|
47,000 km
|
1 km
|
| Mariner 10 |
16 March 1975
|
flyby
|
south polar area imaged |
327 km
|
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