Clark, Pamela Elizabeth

Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment : Latest Discoveries

New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015
Abstract/Sommario: This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries surrounding the planet. The work answers the question of why Mercury is so dense, and the implications from geochemical data on its planetary formation. It summarizes imaging and compositional data from the terrestrial planet surface processes and explains the geologic history of Mercury.  It also discusses the lack of southern hemisphere ...; [leggi tutto]
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Descrizione Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment : Latest Discoveries / by Pamela Elizabeth Clark. - New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015. - VIII, 97 p. 54 ill., 44 ill. in color ; online resource. - (SpringerBriefs in Astronomy)
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Messenger Mission -- Planetary Formation -- Terrestrial Planet Surface Processes -- Exosphere Dynamic -- Magnetosphere Dynamics -- Data Release Schedule Index. - Springer eBooks. - Printed edition: 9781493922437
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  • 520 - Astronomia e scienze connesse
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  • ISBN: 978-1-4939-2244-4
  • DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-2244-4
  • N. catalogo straniero: QB495-500.269 (Library of Congress Call Number)
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