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Image: Stevenson crater (MESSENGER)

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Description: Crater Stevenson on Mercury with an 'x' on its surface. The perpendicular lines that traverse the crater are secondary crater chains caused by ejecta from two primary impacts outside of the field of view. Imaged by MESSENGER 24 April 2011. The image is 116.5 km across. (Map of the area)
Title: Stevenson crater (MESSENGER)
Credit: http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA14220
Author: NASA, JPL, APL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
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License: Public domain
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