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Davies & Batson 1975
Davies, M.E. and Batson, R.M. (1975). Surface coordinates and cartography of Mercury. Journal of Geophysical Research 80: doi: 10.1029/JB080i017p02417. issn: 0148-0227.

A control net of Mercury has been established photogrammetrically by using the Mariner 10 pictures; coordinates of 1328 points are given. The Mariner 10 coordinate system uses a system of longitudes in which the twentieth meridian passes through the center of the small crater Hun Kal and the spin axis is assumed normal to the orbital plane. A reference mosaic of Mercury has been published, and a series of 1:5,000,000 maps is now being produced.

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