ENGLISH

Mercury

By André Balogh , Rudolf von Steiger (auth.) , Leonid Ksanfomality , Rudolf von Steiger (eds.)

Book information

Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York
Year
2008
ISBN
978-0-387-77538-8, 978-0-387-77539-5
DOI
10.1007/978-0-387-77539-5
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
14 MB (15106089 bytes)
Series
Space Sciences Series of ISSI 26
Edition
1
Pages
468\460
Orientation
yes
Scanned
yes
Time added
2013-10-19 23:57:50
Extraterrestrial PhysicsSpace Sciences; Astrophysics; Planetology

Description

Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, is different in several respects from the other three terrestrial planets. In appearance, it resembles the heavily cratered surface of the Moon, but its density is high, it has a magnetic field and magnetosphere, but no atmosphere or ionosphere. This book reviews the progress made in Mercury studies since the flybys by Mariner 10 in 1974-75, based on the continued research using the Mariner 10 archive, on observations from Earth, and on increasingly realistic models of its interior evolution.

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