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University of Louisville Physics and Astronomy Module Project
Credits: NASA, Ian Webster, and Paul Bourke
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Left mouse button - orbit the planet

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Explanation

Based on data from the NASA Mercury Messenger spacecraft.


Messenger entered an orbit around Mercury on March 18, 2011.

It was intentionally impacted on Mercury's surface April 30, 2015.

Credit: NASA, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science.