This NAC mosaic of the newly discovered Rembrandt impact basin was
presented last week during a NASA media teleconference. The number per
area and size distribution of impact craters superposed on Rembrandt's rim
indicates that it is one of the youngest impact basins on Mercury. To read
more about Rembrandt and view other images presented during the event,
visit the media teleconference webpage.
Date Acquired: October 6, 2008
Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
Scale: Rembrandt basin is 715 kilometers (444 miles) in diameter
These images are from MESSENGER, a NASA Discovery mission to conduct the
first orbital study of the innermost planet, Mercury. For information
regarding the use of images, see the MESSENGER image use policy.