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Messenger's views of Mercury
The Messenger probe is looking at the side of Mercury that Mariner 10 couldn't photograph and is studying the planet's magnetic field and dense core. Having now completed a series of flybys, in 2011 it will enter a yearlong orbit of the planet.
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