Mercury

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.

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: André Balogh (Editore), Leonid Ksanfomality (Editore), Rudolf Von Steiger (Editore), A. Balogh (Editore), Rudolf von Steiger (Editore), Andre Balogh (Editore), Leoni Ksanfomality (Editore), A. Balogh (Prefazione), L. Ksanfomality (Prefazione), R.v. Steiger (Prefazione)
• Editore: Springer, Berlin
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 27.09.2012
• Categoria: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Fisica, astronomia > Astronomia
• EAN: 9780387775388
• ISBN: 978-0-387-77538-8
• Numero di pagine: 468
• Illustrazioni: IV, 468 p. 168 illus., 72 illus. in color.
• Dimensioni (della confezione): 15.5 x 2.9 x 23.5 cm
• Peso (della confezione): 829 g
• Serie: Space Sciences Series of ISSI > 26; Space Sciences Series of ISSI
• Categorie: Astrophysik, B, Astrophysics, Angewandte Physik, astronautics, Physics and Astronomy, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Planetology, Planetary Science, Space Physics, Space sciences, Solar system: the Sun and planets, Planetary Magnetospheres, Terrestrial Planets, research results Mercury