{"id":3011,"date":"2011-05-25T15:29:14","date_gmt":"2011-05-25T14:29:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/?p=3011"},"modified":"2012-06-08T07:38:53","modified_gmt":"2012-06-08T06:38:53","slug":"altimetry-is-defining-mercurys-shape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/?p=3011","title":{"rendered":"Altimetry Is Defining Mercury's Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/messenger.jhuapl.edu\/soc\/highlights.html\" target=\"_blank\">MESSENGER Mission Highlights<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AltimeterMESSENGER3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3015\" title=\"AltimeterMESSENGER\" src=\"http:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AltimeterMESSENGER3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AltimeterMESSENGER3.jpg 408w, https:\/\/eaae-astronomy.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/AltimeterMESSENGER3-300x105.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nMLA coverage (left) of Mercury as May 21, 2011.<br \/>\nImage credit: NASA\/Messenger Mission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">MESSENGER's Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA)  in its first two months of operation has already built up a grid of  ground tracks that span most of Mercury\u2019s surface north of the equator. 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Image credit: NASA\/Messenger Mission. MESSENGER&#8217;s Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) in its first two months of operation has already built up a grid of ground tracks that span most of Mercury\u2019s surface north of the equator. 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