First Global Topographic Model of Mercury
NASA’s MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) mission has unveiled the first global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury, revealing in stunning detail the topography across the entire innermost planet and paving the way for scientists to fully characterize Mercury’s geologic history.
In the colorized map, purple and blue colors indicate lower elevations while yellows and red show high elevations.
A global elevation map of Mercury.
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NASA/U.S. Geological Survey/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington/JHUAPL
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Release date
This page was originally published on Friday, October 14, 2016.
This page was last updated on Monday, July 15, 2024 at 12:20 AM EDT.
Missions
This page is related to the following missions:Related papers
Becker, K.J. et al. (2016) LPS 47, Abstract 2959.
Becker, K.J. et al. (2016) LPS 47, Abstract 2959.
Datasets used
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Global DEM 665m [MESSENGER]
ID: 958Using observations from Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) narrow-angle camera (NAC) and multispectral wide-angle camera (WAC), we derived a global digital elevation model (DEM) of Mercury.
Credit: NASA/U.S. Geological Survey/Arizona State University/Carnegie Institution of Washington/JHUAPL
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