An observation of Mercury and its history

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Feb 1997

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Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.107, no.1, p.38

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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What are probably the highest resolution images of Mercury ever obtained from an earth-based site were taken on 1995 October 22 by Johan Warell with the Swedish solar telescope at La Palma, when the apparent diameter of the 62 percent illuminated disk was 6.5 arcseconds. The images, which cover the hemisphere opposite to that scanned by Mariner 10 in 1974-75, show two bright isolated spots near the limb, inferred to be 'crater ray ejecta from the most recent impacts'. If the interpretation is correct, as seems likely, then it is of interest to recall that visual observers pre-empted the observation well over a century ago.

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