Laser altimeter measurements from MESSENGER's recent mercury flybys

The performance of the Mercury Laser Altimeter is reported from MESSENGER's flybys of Mercury in January and October 2008. The instrument ranged to 600 km at >60deg incidence angle and 1600 km in nadir direction.

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Main Authors: Sun, Xiaoli (Author), Neumann, Gregory A. (Author), Cavanaugh, John F. (Author), McGarry, Jan F. (Author), Smith, David E. (Author), Zuber, Maria (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2011-03-11T16:08:55Z.
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