Mercury up close: the image, taken by BepiColombo’s M-CAM2, features a large ‘peak ring basin’ inside a larger crater measuring 210 km across, which is named after the famous Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (courtesy: ESA/BepiColombo/MTM)
The BepiColombo mission to Mercury – Europe’s first craft to the planet – has successfully com
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