This high-resolution enhanced color view of Kuiper crater shows not just the bright rays that extend out from this relatively young crater but also the redder color of Kuiper's ejecta blanket. The redder color may be due to a compositionally distinct material excavated from depth by the impact that formed Kuiper.
Date acquired: September 02, 2011
Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 223443634, 223443638, 223443654
Image ID: 708128, 708129, 708133
Instrument: Wide Angle Camera (WAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS)
WAC filter: 9 (1000 nanometers), 7 (750 nanometers), 6 (433 nanometers) as red-green-blue
Center Latitude: -11.97°
Center Longitude: 328.4° E
Resolution: 380 meters/pixel
Scale: Kuiper has a diameter of 62 kilometers (39 miles)
Incidence Angle: 33.4°
Emission Angle: 21.4°
Phase Angle: 54.8°
Photo credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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