Mercury, the planet closest to the Sun, is different in several respects fromthe other three terrestrial planets. In appearance, it resembles the heavily cratered surface of the Moon, but its density is high, it has a magnetic fieldand magnetosphere, but no atmosphere or ionosphere. This book reviews the progress made in Mercury studies since the flybys by Mariner 10 in 1974-75, basedon the continued research using the Mariner 10 archive, on observations from Earth, and on increasingly realistic models of its interior evolution. Only book on Mercury which balances the wide range of Earth-based observations, made under difficult conditions, with the only available space-based data from Mariner 10 Contains an in-depth review of the most up-to-date research concerning Mercury’s interior, its evolution and the origin of its unexpected magnetic field Mercury’s environment, from its surface to its magnetosphere, is reviewed in detail, based on a comparative reinterpretation of phenomena and processes in the Earth’s magnetosphere
- ISBN: 978-0-387-77538-8
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 480
- Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2008
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés