Mariner 10 - Second Mercury Flyby

Second Mercury Flyby

After looping once around the Sun while Mercury completed two orbits, Mariner 10 flew by Mercury again on September 21, 1974, at a more distant range of 48,069 km (29,869 mi) below the southern hemisphere.

  • Second Mercury encounter

  • Mosaic of images from the second encounter, covering the equator to the south pole

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