Title :
Laser Altimeter measurements from MESSENGER´s recent Mercury flybys
Author :
Sun, Xiaoli ; Neumann, Gregory A. ; Cavanaugh, John F. ; McGarry, Jan F. ; Smith, David E. ; Zuber, Maria T.
Author_Institution :
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
Mercury (planet); altimeters; space vehicles; AD 2008 01; AD 2008 10; MESSENGER measurements; Mercury; distance 1600 km; distance 600 km; flybys; laser altimeter; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Instruments; Mercury (planets); Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Planets; Space vector pulse width modulation; Telescopes; Venus; (280.3400) laser range finder; (280.3640) lidar;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
