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Old 19-December-2007, 07:36 PM
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Does anyone know at what range Messenger will start snapping shots (and doing other science) of Mercury? Based on the mission page, the probe appears to be about half the distance from Venus's orbit from Mercury and closing. What is the effective range of the equipment?
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