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New Findings From Messenger's Third Mercury Flyby

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11.03.09

MESSENGER successfully flew by Mercury on September 29, 2009, gaining a critical gravity assist that will enable it to enter orbit about Mercury in 2011.

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MESSENGER's Final Flyby Returns New Views of Mercury

WAC image showing Mercury’s partially sunlit disk

On September 29, MESSENGER skimmed 228 kilometers above the surface of Mercury in its third and final flyby of the planet. Its instruments are now returning images of its surface previously unseen by ...

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