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Originally Posted by Jerry
What we do know is Messengers first pass netted a curious acceleration that on first blush appears to be exactly opposite from what I expected 
We know they made it, we know good Doppler signals were recorded throughout the pass, and this is a first (there was a blind spot in the first pass)....what is Messenger telling us this time? |
We may have to wait until the possible October 29 meeting suggested to discuss flyby 2 results. Unlike the first or third flyby, this one should have continuous Doppler readings through the Closest Approach without Mercury obscuring the lightpath which did not happen here until after CA.
Who is to say they will not "discover" another surface gravity anomaly that can almost but not quite explain the first anomaly.