Overview
- 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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About this book
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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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Mercury
Editors: André Balogh, Leonid Ksanfomality, Rudolf Steiger
Series Title: Space Sciences Series of ISSI
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-77539-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Physics and Astronomy, Physics and Astronomy (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag New York 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-77538-8Published: 16 April 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-2655-5Published: 25 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-77539-5Published: 23 February 2008
Series ISSN: 1385-7525
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IV, 468
Number of Illustrations: 96 b/w illustrations, 72 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Reprinted from Space Science Reviews journal, Vol. 132/2-4, 2007
Topics: Planetology, Space Sciences (including Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Exploration and Astronautics), Astrophysics and Astroparticles