Radar And Mariner 10, Best possible mapping, pre-Messenger |
Radar And Mariner 10, Best possible mapping, pre-Messenger |
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The significance of all of this effort to squeeze out interpretations of Mercury's
surface from fuzzy Radar or Earth-based telescopes lies in our future efforts to image Extra-Solar Terrestrial Planets. When the Planet Imager flies (someday) after TPF, the images of those worlds will be astonishing, but they will still be only fuzzy views, much as we see Mercury today from Earth-based telescopes. However, by then, we will have had additional experience in interpreting those images because of this present effort. It will be very revealing to see what Messenger tells us, within a few months, about these present estimates of what Mercury's "Far Side" will look like. Another Phil |
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