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We have imaged the other side of Mercury
LJK — (archived)

Boston University astronomers did it in 1999:

http://sirius.bu.edu/planetary/mercury/baumgardner2.html

http://sirius.bu.edu/planetary/mercury/baumgardner.pdf

But so did an amateur astronomer:

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/solarsystem/mercury_view_000531.html

http://cdsaas.u-strasbg.fr:2001/AJ/journal/issues/v119n5/990240/brief/990240.abstract.html

Mercury has at least one big crater on the side not seen by Mariner 10. And let us not forget the ice at the poles.

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