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Mercury

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. André Balogh

    1. International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland

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  2. Leonid Ksanfomality

    1. Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia

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  3. Rudolf Steiger

    1. International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland

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  • Only book on Mercury which balances the wide range of Earth-based observations, made under difficult conditions, with the only available space-based data from Mariner 10
  • Contains an in-depth review of the most up-to-date research concerning Mercury’s interior, its evolution and the origin of its unexpected magnetic field
  • Mercury’s environment, from its surface to its magnetosphere, is reviewed in detail, based on a comparative reinterpretation of phenomena and processes in the Earth’s magnetosphere

Part of the book series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI (SSSI, volume 26)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-iv
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  2. Introduction

    • André Balogh, Leonid Ksanfomality, Rudolf von Steiger
    Pages 1-5

  3. The Origin of Mercury

    • W. Benz, A. Anic, J. Horner, J. A. Whitby
    Pages 7-20

  4. Mercury’s Interior Structure, Rotation, and Tides

    • Tim Van Hoolst, Frank Sohl, Igor Holin, Olivier Verhoeven, Véronique Dehant, Tilman Spohn
    Pages 21-45

  5. Interior Evolution of Mercury

    • Doris Breuer, Steven A. Hauck II, Monika Buske, Martin Pauer, Tilman Spohn
    Pages 47-78

  6. The Origin of Mercury’s Internal Magnetic Field

    • J. Wicht, M. Mandea, F. Takahashi, U. R. Christensen, M. Matsushima, B. Langlais
    Pages 79-108

  7. The Surface of Mercury as Seen by Mariner 10

    • G. Cremonese, A. Sprague, J. Warell, N. Thomas, L. Ksamfomality
    Pages 109-124

  8. Radar Imaging of Mercury

    • John K. Harmon
    Pages 125-167

  9. Earth-Based Visible and Near-IR Imaging of Mercury

    • Leonid Ksanfomality, John Harmon, Elena Petrova, Nicolas Thomas, Igor Veselovsky, Johan Warell
    Pages 169-215

  10. Mercury’s Surface Composition and Character as Measured by Ground-Based Observations

    • A. Sprague, J. Warell, G. Cremonese, Y. Langevin, J. Helbert, P. Wurz et al.
    Pages 217-249

  11. Processes that Promote and Deplete the Exosphere of Mercury

    • Rosemary Killen, Gabrielle Cremonese, Helmut Lammer, Stefano Orsini, Andrew E. Potter, Ann L. Sprague et al.
    Pages 251-327

  12. Electromagnetic Induction Effects and Dynamo Action in the Hermean System

    • Karl-Heinz Glassmeier, Jan Grosser, Uli Auster, Dragos Constantinescu, Yasuhito Narita, Stephan Stellmach
    Pages 329-345

  13. Hermean Magnetosphere-Solar Wind Interaction

    • M. Fujimoto, W. Baumjohann, K. Kabin, R. Nakamura, J. A. Slavin, N. Terada et al.
    Pages 347-368

  14. Magnetosphere–Exosphere–Surface Coupling at Mercury

    • S. Orsini, L. G. Blomberg, D. Delcourt, R. Grard, S. Massetti, K. Seki et al.
    Pages 369-391

  15. Plasma Waves in the Hermean Magnetosphere

    • L. G. Blomberg, J. A. Cumnock, K. -H. Glassmeier, R. A. Treumann
    Pages 393-409

  16. Particle Acceleration in Mercury’s Magnetosphere

    • L. Zelenyi, M. Oka, H. Malova, M. Fujimoto, D. Delcourt, W. Baumjohann
    Pages 411-427

  17. Missions to Mercury

    • André Balogh, Réjean Grard, Sean C. Solomon, Rita Schulz, Yves Langevin, Yasumasa Kasaba et al.
    Pages 429-463

  18. Back Matter

    Pages 467-468
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • International Space Science Institute (ISSI), Bern, Switzerland

    André Balogh, Rudolf Steiger

  • Space Research Institute (IKI), Moscow, Russia

    Leonid Ksanfomality

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