Vast dark regions in the northern hemisphere of Mercury |
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| Authors: | L V Ksanfomality |
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| Institution: | 1.Space Research Institute,Russian Academy of Sciences,Moscow,Russia |
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| Abstract: | Images of the 280°–360°/0°–10° W longitude sector of Mercury’s surface produced from the results of recent ground-based astronomical
observations are presented. This sector remained beyond the imaging from the Messenger spacecraft in 2008. Vast dark regions, up to 1000 km in diameter, are adjacent to the S Basin in the west. The dark objects,
as well as the other large geomorphologic units found before in the 240°–360° W longitude sector from ground-based astronomical
observations, are probably asymmetrically distributed on Mercury’s surface similar to those observed in the other terrestrial
planets and the Moon. |
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