Details_of_MESSENGER's_Impact_Location.jpg


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English: These graphics show the current best prediction of the location and time of MESSENGER's impact on Mercury's surface, as of 24 hours before the impact. Those current best estimates are:
  • Date : 30 April 2015
  • Time : 3:26:02 pm EDT (19:26:02 UTC)
  • Latitude : 54.4° N
  • Longitude : 210.1° E
Traveling at 3.91 kilometers per second (over 8,700 miles per hour), the MESSENGER spacecraft will collide with Mercury's surface, creating a crater estimated to be 16 meters (52 feet) in diameter.
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Source DETAILS OF MESSENGER'S IMPACT LOCATION ( image link )
Author NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
Other versions http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/jpeg/PIA19443.jpg

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29 April 2015