Sean Solomon20 April 2012
Mission controllers reduce MESSENGER's orbital period to about eight hours, increasing the number of close Mercury passes each day.
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Mission controllers reduce MESSENGER's orbital period to about eight hours, increasing the number of close Mercury passes each day.
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