Mercury Globe 5x in 516,000 Facets 3D model preview
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The Mercury Messenger Spacecraft mapped half of Mercury and sent the elevation data to The Planetary Data System. I got their files and made a 3D model. Data points are there every half degree of longitude and latitude. The elevations are exaggerated 5 times. The globe is 5.5 inches at sea level. Peaks are bigger. TARGET_NAME = MERCURY START_TIME = 2008-01-14 STOP_TIME = 2012-09-17 PRODUCT_CREATION_TIME = 2012-10-31 PRODUCT_RELEASE_DATE = 2013-03-08 PRODUCER_ID = MESSENGER_MLA_TEAM PRODUCER_FULL_NAME = "DAVID E. SMITH" PRODUCER_INSTITUTION_NAME = "NASA/GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER"