London: The closest image of Mercury, the Sun’s closest neighbor, came into the world. The epicenter was reported below the Pacific Ocean floor, however; no tsunami alert was issued.

Photos taken on Thursday

According to The Sun, the incident happened on Thursday when the Bepi Colombo mission passed over 200 km above Mercury. Then it moved to a deeper place. Under the mission, this spacecraft is going to run 5 such. After this, it is planned to gradually slow down the spacecraft and bring Mercury into a permanent orbit. It will explore Mercury and send 2 reports by 2025.

Ten crore kilometers have been covered

According to the report, the mission began in 2018 and has since reached Mercury, the smallest planet in the Solar System, covering a distance of about 63 million miles, or 100 million kilometers. On Thursday, the spacecraft used its surveillance camera to take low-resolution images from a distance of about 125 miles. The European Space Agency says the northern part of the planet is visible in the image. Along with this, a crater about 103 miles wide can be seen.

The European Space Agency has announced that it will produce a short film once all photos from Flyby have been captured. It will be released on Monday. By 2025, the spacecraft’s equipment will have to wait for the mission to properly enter orbit.

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Two spacecraft inside a spaceship

According to the report, there are two spacecraft in Bepi Colombo inside one spacecraft. Part of it was developed by the European Space Agency (ISA) and the other part was developed by the Japanese Space Agency (JAXA). The way these two spacecraft are connected to each other, they interfere with the aperture of the main cameras. The mission is named after the Italian scientist Giuseppe Beppi Colombo.

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