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U.S. Mariner 5 Mars image from Mariner Mariner 4 Mars image from Mariner Discovery Rupes, a prominent lobate scarp on Mercury, imaged by the Mariner 10 spacecraft during its third flyby of the planet in March 1975. The scarp, which is almost 500 km (300 miles) long and more than 1 km (0.6 mile) high in some places, is thought to have been formed by compressional forces in the crust when Mercury experienced global shrinkage. Rameau, the larger crater (at centre of image) cut by the fault, is about 60 km (40 miles) across. Mercury Venus, photograph showing the planet's dense cloud cover, taken by Mariner 10.
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Nicolaus Copernicus. Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish astronomer. In 1543 he published, forward proof of a Heliocentric (sun centered) universe. Coloured stipple engraving published London 1802. De revolutionibus orbium coelestium libri vi.
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Type Description Contributor Date
Invalidated site: NASA - Mariner 10. Feb 20, 2019
Added image of Mars captured by the Mariner IV space probe. Jan 04, 2010
Video of Mariner 4 photos added. Sep 04, 2009
Added information on early and later missions and expanded information on launches. Sep 04, 2009
Added new Web site: Mariner 2. Jan 22, 2007
Added new Web site: NASA - Mariner. Jan 22, 2007
Added new Web site: NASA History Program office - Mariner Space Probes. Jan 22, 2007
Added new Web site: NASA - Mariner 10. Nov 14, 2006
Article revised. Mar 12, 2004
Article added to new online database. May 27, 1999
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