AstroPic: Mickey on Mercury
Written by The Night Sky Guy on June 18, 2012 – 11:40 am -It’s amazing the shapes the human mind can see in nature – especially in the cosmos. Check out this iconic shape of Mickey Mouse made of a collection of craters found on the surface of the innermost planet in the solar system – Mercury. This neat snapshot was taken by the NASA orbiter MESSENGER on June 3, 2012, as part of its mapping mission of the planet. The largest crater in the center measures some 115 km across!
Credit: JPL/NASA
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