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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection
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Title:
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Mercury: Photomosaic of the Kuiper Quadrangle H-6
Title
Mercury: Photomosaic of the Kuiper Quadrangle H-6
Title
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The Kuiper Quadrangle was named in memory of Dr. Gerard Kuiper, a Mariner 10 Venus/Mercury imaging team member and well-known astronomer, who passed away several months before the spacecraft's arrival at Mercury. The Kuiper crater, located left of center, is the brightest and perhaps youngest crater is 60 km in diameter located at -11 degrees latitude and 31 degrees longitude.
The Image Processing Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this photomosaic using computer software and techniques developed for use in processing planetary data. The images used to construct the Kuiper Quadrangle were taken during Mariner's first and third flybys of Mercury.
The Mariner 10 spacecraft was launched in 1974. The spacecraft took images of Venus in February 1974 on the way to three encounters with Mercury in March and September 1974 and March 1975. The spacecraft took more than 7,000 images of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and the Moon during its mission. The Mariner 10 Mission was managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA's Office of Space Science in Washington, D.C.
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The Kuiper Quadrangle was named in memory of Dr. Gerard Kuiper, a Mariner 10 Venus/Mercury imaging team member and well-known astronomer, who passed away several months before the spacecraft's arrival at Mercury. The Kuiper crater, located left of center, is the brightest and perhaps youngest crater is 60 km in diameter located at -11 degrees latitude and 31 degrees longitude.
The Image Processing Lab at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory produced this photomosaic using computer software and techniques developed for use in processing planetary data. The images used to construct the Kuiper Quadrangle were taken during Mariner's first and third flybys of Mercury.
The Mariner 10 spacecraft was launched in 1974. The spacecraft took images of Venus in February 1974 on the way to three encounters with Mercury in March and September 1974 and March 1975. The spacecraft took more than 7,000 images of Mercury, Venus, the Earth and the Moon during its mission. The Mariner 10 Mission was managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory for NASA's Office of Space Science in Washington, D.C.
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Produced By:
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JPL
Produced_By
JPL
Produced By
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Mission:
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Mariner Venus Mercury (MVM)
Mission
Mariner Venus Mercury (MVM)
Mission
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Spacecraft:
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Mariner 10
Spacecraft
Mariner 10
Spacecraft
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Target Name:
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Mercury
Target_Name
Mercury
Target Name
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Is a satellite of:
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Sol (our sun)
Is_a_satellite_of
Sol (our sun)
Is a satellite of
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Instrument:
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Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instrument
Imaging Science Subsystem - Narrow Angle
Instrument
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Product Size:
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7200 samples x 5000 lines
Product_Size
7200 samples x 5000 lines
Product Size
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Primary Data Set:
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Voyager EDRs
Primary_Data_Set
Voyager EDRs
Primary Data Set
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Producer ID:
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PIA02236
Producer_ID
PIA02236
Producer ID
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facet_what:
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Mercury
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Mercury
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Sun
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Sun
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Mariner
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Mariner
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Mariner Venus Mercury
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Mariner Venus Mercury
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MVM
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MVM
facet_what
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Venus
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Venus
facet_what
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Mariner 10
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Mariner 10
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Crater
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Crater
facet_what
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Moon
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Moon
facet_what
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facet_what:
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Voyager
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Voyager
facet_what
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Earth
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Earth
facet_what
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Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
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Imaging Science Subsystem (ISS)
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Mercury
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Mercury
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facet_where:
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Venus
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Venus
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Washington
facet_where
Washington
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)
facet_where
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facet_where:
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Washington, D.C.
facet_where
Washington, D.C.
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1974
facet_when
1974
facet_when
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facet_when:
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February 1974
facet_when
February 1974
facet_when
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facet_when:
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September 1974
facet_when
September 1974
facet_when
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facet_when:
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March 1975
facet_when
March 1975
facet_when
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facet_when_year:
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1974
facet_when_year
1974
facet_when_year
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1975
facet_when_year
1975
facet_when_year
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Image #:
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PIA02236
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UID:
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02236
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SPD-PHOTJ-PIA02236
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