Detecting the head of Mickey Mouse on Mercury

The Mercury probe of the US Aerospace Agency (NASA) has announced the discovery of the 'Mickey Mouse' image - an animated character of American film company Walt Disney on the planet's surface, ABC News ( America) reported.

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Astronomers have discovered the shape of the human face, the elephant face on Mars and recently, the Messenger ship has discovered the shape of Mickey mouse character on the surface of Mercury.

'Mickey Mouse' on Mercury's surface.

The face shape and big ears are not Mickey Mouse, but are actually 3 craters that overlap in the southern hemisphere of Mercury. In particular, the largest crater about 105km in diameter is the head of Mickey Mouse, the news of US news agency MSNBC said.

According to NASA's explanation, when the angle of the Sun near the horizon will make objects - three craters long shadows and highlight the image of Mickey Mouse on the surface of Mercury - the planet closest to the Sun and the smallest planet in the solar system.

Launched in August 2004, Messenger was the first space probe to orbit Mercury in March 2011.

The mission is expected to last at least one more year on Mercury orbit, so far the Messenger has sent to Earth more than 88,000 photos on the surface of the planet, including the newly updated image. about Mickey Mouse above.