Stunning Images Of Mercury Surface Captured By ESA Spacecraft BepiColombo know details

Mercury, the planet revolving closest to the Sun in our solar system, has been captured very closely on camera. This feat has been done by the spacecraft of the European Space Agency (ESA). The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft has passed closest to Mercury, during which it has taken amazing photos of the planet. This was its 6th and final flyby in the mission and after this it will enter its orbit in 2026. The spacecraft was built by Stevenage-based company Astrium, now known as Airbus. Let us show you what kind of pictures it has taken of this planet.

The European Space Agency’s BepiColombo spacecraft has captured amazing pictures of Mercury. It was flying only a few hundred kilometers above the planet. It has taken pictures of the planet’s north pole where icy craters are visible. Their floors are covered with permanent shadow while on the surface endless plains can be seen shining in the sunlight.

European Space Agency Director General Joseph Eschbacher released the photos during a press conference on Thursday. Frozen water may be present in the dark crater clicked by BepiColombo’s Monitoring Camera 1 (M-CAM 1), according to ESA. These craters are known to be the coldest craters in the Solar System, even though Mercury is closest to the Sun. The spacecraft will find out whether frozen water is actually present there or not. But it will do this exploration in 2026 when it will enter its orbit.

Only slightly larger than our own Moon, Mercury orbits very close to the Sun. It orbits at an average distance of about 58 million kilometers. While in orbit around Mercury, BepiColombo aims to discover why the planet only has a thin layer of rocks, while the planet has a much larger iron core, accounting for 60 percent of its mass.