page_title: Sobkou Planitia
hierarchical_section_title: Sobkou Planitia
caption_attribution_description: English: Mariner 10 mosaic showing the bright ray crater Degas on Mercury. The crater is 45 km in diameter, and the mosaic was produced from images taken during the first and third encounters. North is up. (Mariner 10, Atlas of Mercury, Fig. 3-E) Location &amp; Time Information Date/Time (UT): N/A Distance/Range (km): N/A Central Latitude/Longitude (deg): N/A Orbit(s): Flyby Imaging Information Area or Feature Type: crater, ray crater Instrument: GEC 1-inch vidicon tube (TV) camera Instrument Resolution (pixels): 700 x 832, 8 bit Instrument Field of View (deg): 0.38 x 0.47 Filter: N/A Illumination Incidence Angle (deg): N/A Phase Angle (deg): N/A Instrument Look Direction: N/A Surface Emission Angle (deg): N/A Ordering Information CD-ROM Volume: N/A NASA Image ID number: Fig. 3-E, Atlas of Mercury Other Image ID number: N/A NSSDC Data Set ID (Photo): 73-085A-01S NSSDC Data Set ID (CD): N/A Other ID: N/A Русский: Окрестности кратера Дега на Меркурии. Мозаика из снимков, полученных космическим аппаратом «Маринер-10» во время первого (1974) и третьего (1975) пролёта возле планеты.
context_page_description: Sobkou Planitia is a large basin on the planet Mercury. It is named after the ancient Egyptian messenger deity Sobkou. He was associated by the Egyptians with the planet Mercury.
context_section_description: Sobkou Planitia is a large basin on the planet Mercury. It is named after the ancient Egyptian messenger deity Sobkou (whose name is more usually transliterated Sobek). He was associated by the Egyptians with the planet Mercury.
caption: Mariner 10 image of Sobkou Planitia showing the crater pair Degas and Brontë