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    • MESSENGER MERCURY RSS/MLA LEVEL 5 DERIVED DATA V1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 23, 2025

    This data set contains archival results from radio science investigations conducted during the MESSENGER mission. Radio measurements were made using the MESSENGER spacecraft and Earth-based stations of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). The data set includes three products: 1) high-resolution spherical harmonic models of Mercury's gravity field. These results were derived from raw radio tracking data; 2) measurements of Mercury's radius at several locations around the planet. These radii are derived from radio occultations; and 3) spherical harmonic models of Mercury's surface shape. Both Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) data and occultation data were used to generate the shape models. The investigations were conducted by personnel at JHU/APL, GSFC, and JPL.

    Access & Use Information

    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    References

    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 23, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mess-h-rss-mla-5-sdp-v1.0_7ij4-y8ny
    Data First Published 2018-06-26
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Harvest Object Id 721de332-e09c-4be7-acce-a50acdb1e6ac
    Harvest Source Id 58f92550-7a01-4f00-b1b2-8dc953bd598f
    Harvest Source Title NASA Data.json
    Homepage URL https://pds.nasa.gov/ds-view/pds/viewDataset.jsp?dsid=MESS-H-RSS%2FMLA-5-SDP-V1.0
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a0731be77cead0c7ae29508dd536ca20ee918c89c276aae4fffaf17fde94748a
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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