A Mercurial Circumnavigation

[Rustnsawdust]

And a SEXTANT dammit!

Yes, indeed.

 

[Orvidius]

I managed to get back over to this planet and map it, and land at a geological site. It's about time.

 

[Orvidius]

For old time's sake, I revisited this planet to see it in Odyssey. It's changed quite a lot, as expected (the color changed signficantly, but it's also now much more of a potato). But the pleasant surprise was that I was able to land and get the first footfall. Originally I thought the planet would be too hot for that, but you can disembark on the night side, at 780K temperature.

Odyssey:

And here's how it looked in Horizons:

 

[Orvidius]

Odyssey:

And of course the appearance changed again in Odyssey, so here's a new screenshot from the map view: