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Messenger's Predicted Impact Point, or, Subterranean Orbit

Unedited image from Messenger data of where its predicted impact point ("lithobraking" according to its Twitter account) on Mercury will be in a couple of hours.

 

This version shows the predicted flight path and the chart on the bottom shows the orbit of Messenger, which becomes subterranean at the impact point.

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Uploaded on April 30, 2015