Mercury

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Balogh, André (Editor), Ksanfomality, Leonid (Editor), Steiger, Rudolf von (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Series: Space Sciences Series of ISSI, 26
• Subjects: Earth sciences.; Planetology.; Astrophysics.; Space sciences.; Earth Sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Astrophysics and Astroparticles.

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 revi...