Mapping the topography of Mercury with MESSENGER laser altimetry

The Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) is one of seven instruments on NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft. MESSENGER was launched on 3 August 2004, and entered into orbit about Mercury on 18 March 2011 after a journey through the inner solar system....

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Main Authors: Sun, Xiaoli, Cavanaugh, John, Neumann, Gregory A, Zuber, Maria, Smith, David Edmund
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: SPIE-Intl Soc Optical Eng 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/118915
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