MESSENGER
Spacecraftplanetary systemESTABLISHED
Universe / Laniakea Supercluster / Local Group / Milky Way / Solar System / MESSENGER
OBJECT_MODEL::3Ddrag to orbit · scroll to zoom
agencyNASA
launched2004-08-03
statuscompleted (impacted 2015)
missionorbiter
destinationMercury
launch mass1,107 kg
scale domainplanetary system
true distance0.39 AU
rendered radius30.6 u
directionsymbolic
Radial distance is real (compressed for this scale domain); angular direction is symbolic — the source has distance-from-Earth but no RA/Dec.
confidence68%
evidenceestablished
imported fromexpanded-curated
sources
- · Curated expanded catalog (manual)
- · NASA JHUAPL MESSENGER (dataset)
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