Dynamic Planet: Mercury in the Context of Its Environment

by Pamela Elizabeth Clark

Book Overview

UNDERSTANDING THE PLANET MERCURY Thirty years have elapsed since the one and only mission to Mercury, Mariner 10, performed three ?ybys of the planet, capturing moderate-reso- tion (100 m at best) images of one hemisphere (45% of the surface) and d- covering that Mercury could be the only other terrestrial planet to have a global magnetic ?eld and core dynamo analogous to the Earth's. At the time of this writing, the MESSENGER mission to Mercury has...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0387482105
• ISBN13: 9780387482101
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"