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That's no moon!

Three cool images from BepiColombo's sixth Mercury flyby.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/Top_three_images_from_BepiColombo_s_sixth_Mercury_flyby

Option 1: A sunlit Mercury with a part of the spacecraft in frame

Option 2: The Federation spaceship USS Enterprise-A is in orbit around an unnamed Class-D planet.

#astronomy #space #ESA

Jan 11, 2025, 07:39 AM·

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Pepijn @Pepijn

"We don't need no fancy space agency making planet photos, we have planet photos at home"

Home planet photo:

Jupiter with its besties Ganymede, Callisto and Europe.

Taken yesterday from our garden. Tool: half frozen hand and smarthphone held up to ocular.

It's the thought that counts.

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