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

• Main Author: Clark, Pamela Elizabeth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Astronomy,
• Subjects: Physics.; Planetology.; Remote sensing.; Space sciences.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Messenger Mission
• Planetary Formation
• Terrestrial Planet Surface Processes
• Exosphere Dynamic
• Magnetosphere Dynamics
• Data Release Schedule Index.