Surface coordinates and cartography of Mercury
Abstract
A control net of Mercury has been established photogrammetrically by using the Mariner 10 pictures; coordinates of 1328 points are given. The Mariner 10 coordinate system uses a system of longitudes in which the twentieth meridian passes through the center of the small crater Hun Kal and the spin axis is assumed normal to the orbital plane. A reference mosaic of Mercury has been published, and a series of 1:5,000,000 maps is now being produced.
- Publication:
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Journal of Geophysical Research
- Pub Date:
- June 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1029/JB080i017p02417
- Bibcode:
- 1975JGR....80.2417D
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Coordinates;
- Mercury (Planet);
- Planetary Mapping;
- Planetary Surfaces;
- Spaceborne Photography;
- Calibrating;
- Mariner Venus-Mercury 1973;
- Mosaics;
- Photogrammetry;
- Tables (Data);
- Lunar and Planetary Exploration