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First Laser Altimeter Measurements of Mercury from the MESSENGER FlybyThe Mercury Laser Altimeter performed the first laser ranging measurements to Mercury during the Mercury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) flyby in January 2008. The instrument successfully ranged to 600 km at an off-nadir angle >60 and to >1600 km in the nadir direction.
Document ID
20080045753
Acquisition Source
Goddard Space Flight Center
Document Type
Other
Authors
Sun, Xiaoli (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Neumann, Gregory A. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Cavanaugh, John F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
McGarry, Jan F. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Smith, David E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Zuber, Maria T. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
May 5, 2008
Subject Category
Optics
Meeting Information
Meeting: Conference on Laser and Electro-Optics
Location: San Jose, CA
Country: United States
Start Date: May 5, 2008
End Date: May 9, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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