What space probe has visited Mercury?
Mariner 10
Only one NASA spacecraft has visited Mercury and that was Mariner 10 in 1974 and 1975. It was programmed to fly by the planet three times to take images of its heavily-cratered surface.
What space probe is the one most recently to visit Mercury and take pictures?
UPDATE: The latest photos of Mercury from NASA’s Messenger spacecraft can be seen here.
What spacecraft took pictures of Mercury?
Mercury’s magnetic field was a surprise discovery made by NASA’s Mariner 10 spacecraft, which performed three Mercury flybys in the 1970s and obtained the first-ever up-close images of the planet. Scientists didn’t expect Mercury to have a magnetic field at all due to the planet’s small size.
Which spacecraft sent back the first photographs of Mercury?
BepiColombo spacecraft
The European-Japanese BepiColombo spacecraft has sent back its first images of Mercury, as it swung by the solar system’s innermost planet while on a mission to deliver two probes into orbit in 2025.
When was Mercury discovered?
Timocharis made the first recorded observation of Mercury in 265 BC. Other early astronomers that studied Mercury include Zupus (1639), who studied the planet’s orbit.
How long is a year on Mercury?
88 days
Mercury/Orbital period
What satellites and or telescopes have taken pictures of or collected data on Mercury?
As of 2015, the Mariner 10 and MESSENGER missions have been the only missions that have made close observations of Mercury. MESSENGER made three flybys before entering orbit around Mercury.
Is Pluto planet in our solar system?
In August 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) downgraded the status of Pluto to that of “dwarf planet.” This means that from now on only the rocky worlds of the inner Solar System and the gas giants of the outer system will be designated as planets.
How wide is the Lermontov crater?
166 km-wide
Introduction. Lermontov is a 166 km-wide crater located at 15.24°N, −48.94°E in the Kuiper quadrangle (−22° to +22° lat., 0° to −72°E long.)