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Geologic map of the Borealis region Mercury

January 9, 2023

Most of the photographs used for geologic mapping were acquired by the departing spacecraft during the first pass (Mercury I). The Mercury II encounter provided no usable images of the map area; two low-oblique photographs suitable for geologic mapping were acquired during the third flyby on March 17, 1975 (Davies and others, 1978, p. 31). No stereoscopic phtographic pairs are available for the Borealis region.

Publication Year 2023
Title Geologic map of the Borealis region Mercury
DOI 10.5066/P9Y1PE26
Authors M.J. Grolier, J. M. Boyce
Product Type Data Release
Record Source USGS Asset Identifier Service (AIS)
USGS Organization Astrogeology Science Center
Rights This work is marked with CC0 1.0 Universal
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