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    • MGN V RSS SPHERICAL HARMONIC AND GRAVITY MAP DATA V1.0

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The gravitational signature of Venus was determined from velocity perturbations of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter (PVO) and the Magellan spacecraft as measured from the Doppler shift of the S-band and X-band radio tracking signal. The spacecraft were tracked by NASA's Deep Space Network (DSN) at Goldstone, California, Canberra, Australia, and Madrid, Spain. The tracking data were used to determine the spacecraft orbits about Venus, as well as the Venusian gravity field. A detailed description of how the spacecraft orbits were computed and an assessment of their quality can be found in [KONOPLIV&SJOGREN1996]. For information on Magellan gravity investigations see papers in [ICARUSMGN1994].

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    https://pds.nasa.gov

    Dates

    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Data Update Frequency irregular

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date January 31, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Maintainer
    Identifier urn:nasa:pds:context_pds3:data_set:data_set.mgn-v-rss-5-gravity-l2-v1.0_kxqy-fxr3
    Data First Published 2021-05-21
    Data Last Modified 2025-07-17
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Data Update Frequency irregular
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
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    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=MGN-V-RSS-5-GRAVITY-L2-V1.0
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Program Code 026:005
    Related Documents https://pds.nasa.gov
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash e0cbcb5e81e6daea0c446b3c4583f3b6f5d961f69b8fdec79d5d7359a2d1d5aa
    Source Schema Version 1.1

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