Regional Planetary Image Facility

Mercury


CEPS RPIF Products*

Photography and Imagery

MARINER 10

  • Mercury Orbital photography (8) (selected)
    8x10 prints
  • Press Release photography (20)
    8x10 prints
  • Prints from the "Atlas of Mercury" (300)
    various sizes

Cartographic Products

  • Shaded Relief maps (14)
    1:5,000,000
    1:15,000,000
  • Geologic maps (6)
    1:5,000,000
  • Shaded Relief & Surface Markings (2)
    1:10,000,000
  • Reference Mosaic
    1:10,000,000

* CEPS RPIF products are only for reference use and to review data before purchasing from data providers. For ordering information, see Sources of Earth and Planetary Photography.

 

Mercury Images

Mercury Spacecraft Encounters:
Mariner 10 (1973)
Mariner 10 was designed to fly by, explore, and transmit data from Venus and Mercury. Mariner 10 trajectory (184k GIF)

Mercury Facts:  
Mean distance from the Sun (AU) 0.387
Sidereal period of orbit (years) 0.24
Equatorial radius (km) 2,439
Polar radius (km) 2,439
Body rotation period (hours) 1,408
Tilt of equator to orbit (degrees) 0
Number of observed satellites 0

More Mercury imagery and information:


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Updated: 02/24/2000