MESSENGER RSS Derived Data

ODE: Mercury, Venus

Mission: MESSENGER

Instrument: MESSENGER Radio Science

PDS4 Bundle: urn:nasa:pds:mess_rs_derivedDOI: 10.17189/1518647Citations of DOI: 10.17189/1518647

PDS Geosciences Node: PDS Source Information

Search MESSENGER Radio Science data in Mercury ODE: Product Search

MESSENGER PDS3 to PDS4 Migration Status: Complete

For more information about RSS derived data products, see the: OCC Product SIS • SHADR Product SIS • SHBDR Product SIS

Note: The product SIS files were created for PDS3, but they are still applicable to the data after the PDS4 migration. The PDS3 versions of the data are still available - see the PDS3 products page for details.

The MESSENGER RSS derived product collection consists of products derived from radio science measurements made using the MESSENGER spacecraft and Earth-based stations of the NASA Deep Space Network (DSN). The collection includes three type of products: 1) High-resolution spherical harmonic models of Mercury's gravity field derived from raw radio tracking data; 2) Measurements of Mercury's radius at several locations around the planet derived from radio occultations; and 3) Spherical harmonic models of Mercury's surface shape from both Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA) data and occultation data. Code refers to the product type abbreviation used in the file name.

MESSENGER Radio Science RDR Products:

Code

Description

Storage Format

PDS4 Bundle

OCC

Occultation summary. This product type contains estimates of the radius of Mercury derived from DSN tracking of the radio frequency data from the MESSENGER spacecraft. See documentation in the DOCUMENT directory for more information.

ASCII Delimited Table

urn:nasa:pds:mess_rs_derived

SHADR

Spherical Harmonics ASCII Data Records. This product type contains spherical harmonic models of several different degrees and order for the Mercury gravity field and planet's surface shape expressed in a set of ASCII tables. See documentation in the DOCUMENT directory for more information.

ASCII Table

urn:nasa:pds:mess_rs_derived

SHBDR

Spherical Harmonics Binary Data Records. The product type contains spherical harmonic models of several different degrees and order for the Mercury gravity field expressed in a set of binary tables. See documentation in the DOCUMENT directory for more information.

Binary Table

urn:nasa:pds:mess_rs_derived

More information about the RS Derived Data can be found in: