MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer Calibrated Data Records V2.0

MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer calibrated data records contain neutron spectra emitted from Mercury's surface in the energy range from 0.01 eV to 7 MeV. The data set includes five products: raw neutron spectra, NS counter data, galactic cosmic ray spectra, engineering data, and gamma-ray burst data. Version 2.0 was published by NASA and supersedes version 1.

Use Cases

• Modeling planetary surface composition based on neutron spectra.
• Analyzing galactic cosmic ray interactions with Mercury's environment.
• Calibrating neutron spectrometer instruments based on engineering data.
• Detecting and studying gamma-ray bursts from the Mercury region.
• Comparing neutron emission data across different energy ranges from 0.01 eV to 7 MeV.

Strengths

• Data covers neutron energy range from 0.01 eV to 7 MeV.
• Includes five distinct calibrated data products.
• Version 2.0 supersedes an earlier version, indicating refinement.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Collection Method

Data gathered by the MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer instrument.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-13 05:06:48.813292; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Mercury