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adam_text | CONTENTS
PREFACE
.............................................
XI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
......................................
XIII
FIGURES
.............................................
XV
TABLES
.............................................
XXV
COLOUR
PLATES
.........................................
XXVII
INFORMATION
ON
CD
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XIX
I THE
TWILIGHT
PLANET
...................................
1
1.1
THE
PLANET CLOSEST
TO THE
SUN
........................
1
1.2
EARLIEST
OBSERVATIONS AND RECORDING
IN
MYTHOLOGY
..........
2
1.3 EARLY
TELESCOPIC
OBSERVATIONS
........................
3
1.4
MODERN
TELESCOPIC
OBSERVATIONS
......................
7
1.5 RESEARCH
TELESCOPIC
FACILITIES
.........................
9
1.5.1
MT.
WILSON OBSERVATORY
......................
9
1.5.2
SWEDISH
VACUUM SOLAR
TELESCOPE
................
9
1.5.3 FUTURE
OBSERVATIONS
.........................
10.
2 THE
MARINER
10
MISSION
...............................
13
2.1 THE
ONLY ONE
..................................
13
2.2
MISSION
CONCEPT
................................
13
2.2.1 NASA
CHOSE
THE
JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY
.........
14
2.2.2 A
NECESSARY
GRAVITY-ASSIST
.....................
14
2.3 THE
FLIGHT
PLAN
.................................
16
2.3.1 A
NARROW
LAUNCH
WINDOW
.....................
16
$IBIIOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
AJUENCHE A
VI
CONTENTS
2.3.2 SPACECRAFT
DESIGN
..........................
16
2.3.3
SCIENTIFIC
PAYLOAD
..........................
17
2.4 MARINER
10
GOES
TO
MERCURY
........................
20
2.4.1 LAUNCH
.................................
20
2.4.2 TROUBLE BEGINS
............................
21
2.4.3 SYSTEMS
RESTORED
...........................
23
2.4.4
VENUS
FLYBY
..............................
23
2.5
THE FIRST
MERCURY ENCOUNTER
-
MERCURY
I
................
25
2.5.1
THE
FIRST IMAGES
OF
THE
UNKNOWN
PLANET............
25
2,5.2 THE
FIRST
REAL
SURPRISE........................
26
2.5.3
A
VERY
THIN
ATMOSPHERE,
NO
MOLECULAR SPECIES
FOUND
...
27
2.5.4 HOT, HOTTER, HOTTEST
.........................
28
2.6
THE
SECOND
ENCOUNTER
-
MERCURY
II
...................
28
2.6.1
TROUBLES
ARE OVERCOME
.......................
28
2.6.2
CONFLICTS
OVER
EXPERIMENTS AND SPACECRAFT
CONTROL
.....
29
2.6.3
DECISIONS
WERE MADE
........................
30
2.6.4
ARRIVAL
AT
MERCURY
.........................
30
2.6.5
SOME
HISTORICAL
PRECEDENTS
SET
..................
30
2.7
THE
THIRD
ENCOUNTER
-
MERCURY
III
....................
33
2.7.1
LOSS
OF
THE
STAR
TRACKER
......................
33
2.7.2
MAGNETIC
FIELD
MEASUREMENTS
...................
34
2.7.3
FINAL
IMAGING
SEQUENCE,
DIMINISHED BUT IMPORTANT..... 34
2.8 MISSION S
END
-A
JOB
WELL
DONE, BUT INCOMPLETE
...........
34
3
MERCURY S
MOTIONS
...................................
37
3.1
A
DAY
ON
MERCURY
...............................
37
3.1.1
A HIGHLY
ECCENTRIC ORBIT
......................
39
3.1.2
FLEET-FOOTED
MESSENGER
OF
THE
GODS
...............
39
3.1.3
INCLINED
TO
BE
NOTICED
.......................
40
3.1.4
A
SLOW
ROTATOR
............................
40
3.1.5
MERCURY S
STRANGE
3:
2
SPIN
:
ORBIT RESONANCE
.........
41
3.1.6
NO
SEASONAL
VARIATIONS
.......................
43
3.1.7
WHEN ITS HOT, ITS HOT
-
WHEN
ITS
NOT,
ITS
NOT.........
43
3.2
MERCURY
AND
RELATIVITY
............................
44
4
MERCURY S
SIZE, MASS, AND
DENSITY
.........................
47
4.1 MERCURY S
SIZE
..................................
47
4.2
MASS
AND
SURFACE
GRAVITY
..........................
47
4.3 DENSITY
........... .........................
49
4.3.1
WHAT
ARE
THE
IMPORTANT ISSUES
RELATING
TO
DENSITY?
.....
49
4.3.2
MERCURY HAS
THE
GREATEST
UNCOMPRESSED
DENSITY
OF ANY
PLANET
..................................
51
5
MERCURY S
MAGNETIC
FIELD
AND
INTERNAL
CONSTITUTION
...............
55
5.1
A
MERE
THIRTY
MINUTES
............................
55
5.1.1
A
SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC
FIELD
DISCOVERED
............
55
CONTENTS
VII
5.1.2
COMPARISON
TO
EARTH S
MAGNETIC
FIELD
.............
56
5.1.3 MERCURY S
MAGNETIC
FIELD
COULD
BE
REMANENT
.........
57
5.2
REMANENT
MAGNETIC
FIELDS
ON
THE
MOON
.................
58
5.3 MAR S
REMANENT
MAGNETIC
FIELDS
......................
58
5.4 A
NEW
LOOK
AT OLD
DATA
...........................
60
5.5 INTERIOR
STRUCTURE
AND
CONSTITUTION
....................
61
5.5.1
WHAT
IF
THERE
IS
AN ACTIVE
DYNAMO?
..............
61
5.5.2
WHAT
IF
THERE
ISN T?
.........................
61
5.5.3 RELEVANCE
OF
MERCURY S
SURFACE COMPOSITION
TO
THE
MAGNETIC
FIELD
QUESTION
.......................
62
5.6 SPACE
WEATHER AND
SPACE
WEATHERING ON
MERCURY...........
62
5.6.1
SPACE
WEATHER
............................
62
5.6.2
SPACE
WEATHERING
..........................
63
6 MERCURY S
SURFACE-BOUNDED EXOSPHERE
.......................
65
6.1
LIGHT
EMITTING GASES
..............................
65
6.1.1 HYDROGEN,
HELIUM,
AND
OXYGEN
.................
65
6.1.2
A
SERINDIPITOUS
DISCOVERY
.....................
65
6.1.3 SUNLIGHT
INTERACTING
WITH MATTER
.................
66
6.1.4 EXOSPHERIC
PRESSURE?
........................
67
6.1.5
NEW
DISCOVERIES
ARE
LIKELY
.....................
67
6.2 EXOSPHERIC
ATOMS
AND MULTIPLE SPEED
COMPONENTS
..........
69
6.2.1 COLLISIONS
ONLY
WITH
THE
SURFACE
.................
69
6.2.2 DETECTION
OF
MULTIPLE SPEED
COMPONENTS
..........
69
6.2.3
ATOMS
IN
ESCAPE
...........................
70
6.3
ATMOSPHERIC
SOURCE,
RELEASE,
AND
RECYCLING
PROCESSES.........
70
6.3.1
DIFFERENTIATING
ONE SOURCE
FROM
ANOTHER
...........
71
6.3.2 IONS
RECYCLE
BACK
TO THE
SURFACE OF
MERCURY
IN
ELECTRIC
FIELDS
..................................
71
6.3.3 EXOSPHERE
AND SURFACE
LINK
....................
71
7 GENERAL
SURFACE
FEATURES
AND RADAR CHARACTERISTICS
...............
73
7.1 IMAGING
MERCURY
................................
73
7.1.1
PHOTOMOSAICS
OF
ONE
HEMISPHERE
................
73
7.2 MAJOR
SURFACE
FEATURES
............................
76
7.2.1 JUST
ANOTHER
MOON?
.........................
76
7.2.2
MERCURY
IS
UNIQUE
..........................
77
7.3 MAPPING
MERCURY
...............................
77
7.3.1 THE
COORDINATE
SYSTEM
.......................
77
7.3.2
NAMING
FEATURES
ON
MERCURY
...................
79
7.3.3 MAPS
AND
TOPOGRAPHIC
REPRESENTATIONS
............
79
7.4
RADAR
CHARACTERISTICS AND
SPECIAL
FEATURES
................
83
7.4.1 ROUGHNESS,
AND EQUATORIAL AND
LOW LATITUDE
TOPOGRAPHY.
83
7.4.2
THE GOLDSTEIN FEATURES
.......................
84
VIII
CONTENTS
7.4.3 RADAR
OBSERVATIONS
DISCOVER
HIGHLY BACKSCATTERING
POLAR
DEPOSITS
................................
85
8
SURFACE
COMPOSITION
..................................
91
8.1
ALBEDO
AND
COLOR
...............................
91
8.1.1 MERCURY S EUV,
UV-VIS,
AND
NEAR-IR
ALBEDO
.......
92
8.1.2 CHANGES
OF
ALBEDO
WITH PHASE
CHANGE
.............
93
8.1.3
SPECTRAL
SLOPE
AND
MATURITY
..................
93
8.2 MATERIALS
OF
TERRESTRIAL
PLANETARY SURFACES
................
96
8.3 MERCURY S
SURFACE
COMPOSITION
.......................
98
8.3.1
MEASURING
SURFACE
COMPOSITION
WITH A
TELESCOPE
......
99
8.3.2 VISIBLE
AND
NEAR-IR
SPECTROSCOPY
................
99
8.3.3 THE
FEO
BAND
IN
LUNAR
SPECTRA
.................
99
8.3.4 THE
FEO
BAND IN MERCURIAN
SPECTRA
..............
100
8.3.5
MID-IR
SPECTROSCOPY
........................
101
8.3.6
VOLUME
SCATTERING
REGION
.....................
101
8.3.7
RESTSTRAHLEN
BANDS
AND EMISSIVITY MAXIMA
(EM)
......
103
8.3.8
TRANSPARENCY
MINIMA
(TM)
...................
105
8.3.9
COMPARISON
TO THE
MOON
.....................
107
8.4
WHERE IS
THE
IRON
AT
MERCURY?
.......................
108
8.4.1
OTHER
TERRESTRIAL
PLANETS AND
THE
ASTEROID
BELT
ABOUND WITH
OXIDIZED
IRON
.............................
108
8.4.2 FOR
MERCURY,
LOW
OXIDIZED
IRON
.................
109
8.5
SUMMARY
.....................................
110
9 THE
IMPACT
CRATERWG RECORD
.............................
111
9.1
MERCURY S
MOST COMMON
LANDFORM
....................
111
9.1.1
IT
ALL
BEGAN
WITH
THE
MOON
....................
111
9.1.2
THREE
BASIC
CRATER
CHARACTERISTICS
................
111
9.2
CRATER
FORMATION
................................
112
9.2.1
ENERGY
OF
IMPACT
..........................
112
9.2.2
CRATER DIAMETER
AND
DEPTH
....................
112
9.2.3
VOLATILIZATION
AND MELTING
OF
SURFACE
AND
IMPACTOR
....
113
9.3
CRATER
MORPHOLOGY
..............................
113
9.3.1
THREE
GENERAL
CRATER
MORPHOLOGIES
...............
113
9.3.2
DIFFERENCE
IN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
OF
LUNAR
AND
MERCURIAN
HIGHLANDS
...........
...............
.
114
9.4
EJECTA
DEPOSITS
.................................
117
9.4.1 TWO
DISTINCT
REGIONS
OF CRATER EJECTA
..............
117
9.4.2 EJECTA
DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN
MERCURY
AND
THE
MOON
....
117
9.4.3
CRATER DEGRADATION
.........................
118
9.5 THE
CALORIS AND
OTHER
IMPACT
BASINS
...................
119
9.6
HILLY
AND
LINEATED
TERRAIN
...........................
125
9.7
ORIGIN
OF
IMPACTING
BODIES
.........................
128
9.7.1
ASTEROIDS
................................
128
CONTENTS
IX
9.7.2
ELUSIVE
VULCANOIDS
..........................
129
9.7.3 EVIDENCE
FOR
TWO
COLLISIONAL POPULATIONS
...........
130
9.7.4
SURFACES
YOUNGER
THAN
THE
PERIOD OF
HEAVY
BOMBARDMENT 135
9.8
RELATIVE
AND ABSOLUTE
AGES
.........................
137
9.8.1
MERCURY S
SURFACE
IS
ANCIENT
...................
139
9.8.2
WILL
THERE
BE
YOUNGER
TERRAINS
ON
THE
UNIMAGED
SIDE?...
139
10 PLAINS:
SMOOTH
AND
INTERCRATER
...........................
141
10.1 WILL
THE
UNSEEN
SURFACE OF
MERCURY BE
COVERED WITH PLAINS?....
141
10.2 MERCURY HAS
TWO TYPES
OF PLAINS
......................
141
10.3 THE INTERCRATER
PLAINS, SOME
DETAILS
....................
142
10.3.1
DISTRIBUTION,
AGE,
AND MORPHOLOGY
...............
142
10.3.2
CRATER DEGRADATION BY
INTERCRATER
PLAINS............
144
10.4 SMOOTH
PLAINS,
SOME
DETAILS
.........................
145
10.4.1
DISTRIBUTION,
AGE, AND MORPHOLOGY
...............
145
10.5 ORIGINS
OF PLAINS
................................
146
10.5.1 MERCURY S
SMOOTH PLAINS AS
IMPACT BASIN
EJECTA
DEPOSITS
OR
IMPACT
MELT
............................
147
10.5.2
MERCURY S
SMOOTH PLAINS AS VOLCANIC
DEPOSITS
........
148
10.5.3
MERCURY S
INTERCRATER
PLAINS
AS
VOLCANIC
DEPOSITS
......
151
10.6 MODES
OF
VOLCANIC
PLAINS
FORMATION
...................
152
10.6.1
EARTH,
MARS,
AND
THE
MOON
...................
152
10.6.2
TERRESTRIAL
MAGMAS AND
TEMPERATURE
..............
153
10.6.3
WHAT
TYPE
OF VOLCANISM OCCURRED ON
MERCURY?
.......
154
10.6.4
COMPOSITIONS
OF
MERCURY S
PLAINS
...............
155
10.6.5 MERCURY S
SMOOTH
PLAINS COMPOSITION
.............
155
11 TECTONICS
.........................................
157
11.1
FAULTING
.....................................
157
11.1.1 FAULT
TYPES
AND
MECHANICS
....................
158
11.1.2 TOPOGRAPHIC
EXPRESSION
......................
160
11.2 MERCURY S
LOBATE
SCARPS
...........................
160
11.2.1
THRUST
FAULTS
.............................
160
11.2.2
DISTRIBUTION
AND AGE
........................
161
11.2.3 THE
SHRUNKEN
PLANET
........................
164
11.2.4 THRUSTING,
LITHOSPHERIC
AND CRUSTAL
THICKNESS.........
165
11.3 OTHER
TECTONIC
STRUCTURES
...........................
165
11.3.1
GRABENS
AND
NORMAL
FAULTS
....................
165
11.3.2 LINEAR
STRUCTURES
...........................
165
11.3.3 DESPINNING
FAULT
PATTERN
......................
166
12
HISTORY
AND ORIGIN
...................................
169
12.1 GEOLOGIC
HISTORY
................................
169
12.2 THERMAL
HISTORY
................................
169
12.2.1 SCENARIO #1,
AN ACTIVE
DIPOLE
...................
170
X
CONTENTS
12.2.2
SCENARIO
#2,
A REMNANT
FIELD
...................
172
12.2.3
NO
THERMAL
MODEL CONSISTENT
WITH
THE
GEOLOGIC
HISTORY
..
172
12.3
ORIGIN
OF PRESENT
DAY MERCURY
.......................
172
12.3.1
CHEMICAL
EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
...................
173
12.3.2
HOW
DID
THE
CORE GET
SO
LARGE?
.................
173
12.3.3
WHICH
HYPOTHESIS
IS
CORRECT?
...................
174
12.4
CLASHING
PLANETS
................................
174
13
FUTURE
EXPLORATION
OF
MERCURY
...........................
181
13.1
WE
MUST
RETURN
TO
MERCURY
.........................
181
13.2
THE
NASA
MESSENGER
MISSION
....................
181
13.2.1
MISSION
OBJECTIVES
..........................
182
13.2.2 SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS
.........................
183
13.3 THE
EUROPE/JAPAN BEPI
COLOMBO
MISSION
...............
184
APPENDIX
A
ORBITAL
AND
PHYSICAL
DATA
FOR MERCURY
................
185
APPENDIX B
GLOSSARY
OF
TERMS
.............................
187
APPENDIX
C
NAMES
AND
LOCATIONS
OF
MERCURY S
SURFACE
FEATURES
........
195
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.........................................
203
INDEX
..............................................
211
|
adam_txt |
CONTENTS
PREFACE
.
XI
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
.
XIII
FIGURES
.
XV
TABLES
.
XXV
COLOUR
PLATES
.
XXVII
INFORMATION
ON
CD
.
XIX
I THE
TWILIGHT
PLANET
.
1
1.1
THE
PLANET CLOSEST
TO THE
SUN
.
1
1.2
EARLIEST
OBSERVATIONS AND RECORDING
IN
MYTHOLOGY
.
2
1.3 EARLY
TELESCOPIC
OBSERVATIONS
.
3
1.4
MODERN
TELESCOPIC
OBSERVATIONS
.
7
1.5 RESEARCH
TELESCOPIC
FACILITIES
.
9
1.5.1
MT.
WILSON OBSERVATORY
.
9
1.5.2
SWEDISH
VACUUM SOLAR
TELESCOPE
.
9
1.5.3 FUTURE
OBSERVATIONS
.
10.
2 THE
MARINER
10
MISSION
.
13
2.1 THE
ONLY ONE
.
13
2.2
MISSION
CONCEPT
.
13
2.2.1 NASA
CHOSE
THE
JET PROPULSION
LABORATORY
.
14
2.2.2 A
NECESSARY
GRAVITY-ASSIST
.
14
2.3 THE
FLIGHT
PLAN
.
16
2.3.1 A
NARROW
LAUNCH
WINDOW
.
16
$IBIIOTHEK
DEUTSCHES
MUSEUM
AJUENCHE'A
VI
CONTENTS
2.3.2 SPACECRAFT
DESIGN
.
16
2.3.3
SCIENTIFIC
PAYLOAD
.
17
2.4 MARINER
10
GOES
TO
MERCURY
.
20
2.4.1 LAUNCH
.
20
2.4.2 TROUBLE BEGINS
.
21
2.4.3 SYSTEMS
RESTORED
.
23
2.4.4
VENUS
FLYBY
.
23
2.5
THE FIRST
MERCURY ENCOUNTER
-
MERCURY
I
.
25
2.5.1
THE
FIRST IMAGES
OF
THE
UNKNOWN
PLANET.
25
2,5.2 THE
FIRST
REAL
SURPRISE.
26
2.5.3
A
VERY
THIN
ATMOSPHERE,
NO
MOLECULAR SPECIES
FOUND
.
27
2.5.4 HOT, HOTTER, HOTTEST
.
28
2.6
THE
SECOND
ENCOUNTER
-
MERCURY
II
.
28
2.6.1
TROUBLES
ARE OVERCOME
.
28
2.6.2
CONFLICTS
OVER
EXPERIMENTS AND SPACECRAFT
CONTROL
.
29
2.6.3
DECISIONS
WERE MADE
.
30
2.6.4
ARRIVAL
AT
MERCURY
.
30
2.6.5
SOME
HISTORICAL
PRECEDENTS
SET
.
30
2.7
THE
THIRD
ENCOUNTER
-
MERCURY
III
.
33
2.7.1
LOSS
OF
THE
STAR
TRACKER
.
33
2.7.2
MAGNETIC
FIELD
MEASUREMENTS
.
34
2.7.3
FINAL
IMAGING
SEQUENCE,
DIMINISHED BUT IMPORTANT. 34
2.8 MISSION'S
END
-A
JOB
WELL
DONE, BUT INCOMPLETE
.
34
3
MERCURY'S
MOTIONS
.
37
3.1
A
DAY
ON
MERCURY
.
37
3.1.1
A HIGHLY
ECCENTRIC ORBIT
.
39
3.1.2
FLEET-FOOTED
MESSENGER
OF
THE
GODS
.
39
3.1.3
INCLINED
TO
BE
NOTICED
.
40
3.1.4
A
SLOW
ROTATOR
.
40
3.1.5
MERCURY'S
STRANGE
3:
2
SPIN
:
ORBIT RESONANCE
.
41
3.1.6
NO
SEASONAL
VARIATIONS
.
43
3.1.7
WHEN ITS HOT, ITS HOT
-
WHEN
ITS
NOT,
ITS
NOT.
43
3.2
MERCURY
AND
RELATIVITY
.
44
4
MERCURY'S
SIZE, MASS, AND
DENSITY
.
47
4.1 MERCURY'S
SIZE
.
47
4.2
MASS
AND
SURFACE
GRAVITY
.
47
4.3 DENSITY
. .
49
4.3.1
WHAT
ARE
THE
IMPORTANT ISSUES
RELATING
TO
DENSITY?
.
49
4.3.2
MERCURY HAS
THE
GREATEST
UNCOMPRESSED
DENSITY
OF ANY
PLANET
.
51
5
MERCURY'S
MAGNETIC
FIELD
AND
INTERNAL
CONSTITUTION
.
55
5.1
A
MERE
THIRTY
MINUTES
.
55
5.1.1
A
SIGNIFICANT MAGNETIC
FIELD
DISCOVERED
.
55
CONTENTS
VII
5.1.2
COMPARISON
TO
EARTH'S
MAGNETIC
FIELD
.
56
5.1.3 MERCURY'S
MAGNETIC
FIELD
COULD
BE
REMANENT
.
57
5.2
REMANENT
MAGNETIC
FIELDS
ON
THE
MOON
.
58
5.3 MAR'S
REMANENT
MAGNETIC
FIELDS
.
58
5.4 A
NEW
LOOK
AT OLD
DATA
.
60
5.5 INTERIOR
STRUCTURE
AND
CONSTITUTION
.
61
5.5.1
WHAT
IF
THERE
IS
AN ACTIVE
DYNAMO?
.
61
5.5.2
WHAT
IF
THERE
ISN'T?
.
61
5.5.3 RELEVANCE
OF
MERCURY'S
SURFACE COMPOSITION
TO
THE
MAGNETIC
FIELD
QUESTION
.
62
5.6 SPACE
WEATHER AND
SPACE
WEATHERING ON
MERCURY.
62
5.6.1
SPACE
WEATHER
.
62
5.6.2
SPACE
WEATHERING
.
63
6 MERCURY'S
SURFACE-BOUNDED EXOSPHERE
.
65
6.1
LIGHT
EMITTING GASES
.
65
6.1.1 HYDROGEN,
HELIUM,
AND
OXYGEN
.
65
6.1.2
A
SERINDIPITOUS
DISCOVERY
.
65
6.1.3 SUNLIGHT
INTERACTING
WITH MATTER
.
66
6.1.4 EXOSPHERIC
PRESSURE?
.
67
6.1.5
NEW
DISCOVERIES
ARE
LIKELY
.
67
6.2 EXOSPHERIC
ATOMS
AND MULTIPLE SPEED
COMPONENTS
.
69
6.2.1 COLLISIONS
ONLY
WITH
THE
SURFACE
.
69
6.2.2 DETECTION
OF
MULTIPLE SPEED
COMPONENTS
.
69
6.2.3
ATOMS
IN
ESCAPE
.
70
6.3
ATMOSPHERIC
SOURCE,
RELEASE,
AND
RECYCLING
PROCESSES.
70
6.3.1
DIFFERENTIATING
ONE SOURCE
FROM
ANOTHER
.
71
6.3.2 IONS
RECYCLE
BACK
TO THE
SURFACE OF
MERCURY
IN
ELECTRIC
FIELDS
.
71
6.3.3 EXOSPHERE
AND SURFACE
LINK
.
71
7 GENERAL
SURFACE
FEATURES
AND RADAR CHARACTERISTICS
.
73
7.1 IMAGING
MERCURY
.
73
7.1.1
PHOTOMOSAICS
OF
ONE
HEMISPHERE
.
73
7.2 MAJOR
SURFACE
FEATURES
.
76
7.2.1 JUST
ANOTHER
MOON?
.
76
7.2.2
MERCURY
IS
UNIQUE
.
77
7.3 MAPPING
MERCURY
.
77
7.3.1 THE
COORDINATE
SYSTEM
.
77
7.3.2
NAMING
FEATURES
ON
MERCURY
.
79
7.3.3 MAPS
AND
TOPOGRAPHIC
REPRESENTATIONS
.
79
7.4
RADAR
CHARACTERISTICS AND
SPECIAL
FEATURES
.
83
7.4.1 ROUGHNESS,
AND EQUATORIAL AND
LOW LATITUDE
TOPOGRAPHY.
83
7.4.2
THE GOLDSTEIN FEATURES
.
84
VIII
CONTENTS
7.4.3 RADAR
OBSERVATIONS
DISCOVER
HIGHLY BACKSCATTERING
POLAR
DEPOSITS
.
85
8
SURFACE
COMPOSITION
.
91
8.1
ALBEDO
AND
COLOR
.
91
8.1.1 MERCURY'S EUV,
UV-VIS,
AND
NEAR-IR
ALBEDO
.
92
8.1.2 CHANGES
OF
ALBEDO
WITH PHASE
CHANGE
.
93
8.1.3
SPECTRAL
SLOPE
AND
"MATURITY"
.
93
8.2 MATERIALS
OF
TERRESTRIAL
PLANETARY SURFACES
.
96
8.3 MERCURY'S
SURFACE
COMPOSITION
.
98
8.3.1
MEASURING
SURFACE
COMPOSITION
WITH A
TELESCOPE
.
99
8.3.2 VISIBLE
AND
NEAR-IR
SPECTROSCOPY
.
99
8.3.3 THE
FEO
BAND
IN
LUNAR
SPECTRA
.
99
8.3.4 THE
FEO
BAND IN MERCURIAN
SPECTRA
.
100
8.3.5
MID-IR
SPECTROSCOPY
.
101
8.3.6
VOLUME
SCATTERING
REGION
.
101
8.3.7
RESTSTRAHLEN
BANDS
AND EMISSIVITY MAXIMA
(EM)
.
103
8.3.8
TRANSPARENCY
MINIMA
(TM)
.
105
8.3.9
COMPARISON
TO THE
MOON
.
107
8.4
WHERE IS
THE
IRON
AT
MERCURY?
.
108
8.4.1
OTHER
TERRESTRIAL
PLANETS AND
THE
ASTEROID
BELT
ABOUND WITH
OXIDIZED
IRON
.
108
8.4.2 FOR
MERCURY,
LOW
OXIDIZED
IRON
.
109
8.5
SUMMARY
.
110
9 THE
IMPACT
CRATERWG RECORD
.
111
9.1
MERCURY'S
MOST COMMON
LANDFORM
.
111
9.1.1
IT
ALL
BEGAN
WITH
THE
MOON
.
111
9.1.2
THREE
BASIC
CRATER
CHARACTERISTICS
.
111
9.2
CRATER
FORMATION
.
112
9.2.1
ENERGY
OF
IMPACT
.
112
9.2.2
CRATER DIAMETER
AND
DEPTH
.
112
9.2.3
VOLATILIZATION
AND MELTING
OF
SURFACE
AND
IMPACTOR
.
113
9.3
CRATER
MORPHOLOGY
.
113
9.3.1
THREE
GENERAL
CRATER
MORPHOLOGIES
.
113
9.3.2
DIFFERENCE
IN
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
OF
LUNAR
AND
MERCURIAN
HIGHLANDS
.
.
.
114
9.4
EJECTA
DEPOSITS
.
117
9.4.1 TWO
DISTINCT
REGIONS
OF CRATER EJECTA
.
117
9.4.2 EJECTA
DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN
MERCURY
AND
THE
MOON
.
117
9.4.3
CRATER DEGRADATION
.
118
9.5 THE
CALORIS AND
OTHER
IMPACT
BASINS
.
119
9.6
HILLY
AND
LINEATED
TERRAIN
.
125
9.7
ORIGIN
OF
IMPACTING
BODIES
.
128
9.7.1
ASTEROIDS
.
128
CONTENTS
IX
9.7.2
ELUSIVE
VULCANOIDS
.
129
9.7.3 EVIDENCE
FOR
TWO
COLLISIONAL POPULATIONS
.
130
9.7.4
SURFACES
YOUNGER
THAN
THE
PERIOD OF
HEAVY
BOMBARDMENT 135
9.8
RELATIVE
AND ABSOLUTE
AGES
.
137
9.8.1
MERCURY'S
SURFACE
IS
ANCIENT
.
139
9.8.2
WILL
THERE
BE
YOUNGER
TERRAINS
ON
THE
UNIMAGED
SIDE?.
139
10 PLAINS:
SMOOTH
AND
INTERCRATER
.
141
10.1 WILL
THE
UNSEEN
SURFACE OF
MERCURY BE
COVERED WITH PLAINS?.
141
10.2 MERCURY HAS
TWO TYPES
OF PLAINS
.
141
10.3 THE INTERCRATER
PLAINS, SOME
DETAILS
.
142
10.3.1
DISTRIBUTION,
AGE,
AND MORPHOLOGY
.
142
10.3.2
CRATER DEGRADATION BY
INTERCRATER
PLAINS.
144
10.4 SMOOTH
PLAINS,
SOME
DETAILS
.
145
10.4.1
DISTRIBUTION,
AGE, AND MORPHOLOGY
.
145
10.5 ORIGINS
OF PLAINS
.
146
10.5.1 MERCURY'S
SMOOTH PLAINS AS
IMPACT BASIN
EJECTA
DEPOSITS
OR
IMPACT
MELT
.
147
10.5.2
MERCURY'S
SMOOTH PLAINS AS VOLCANIC
DEPOSITS
.
148
10.5.3
MERCURY'S
INTERCRATER
PLAINS
AS
VOLCANIC
DEPOSITS
.
151
10.6 MODES
OF
VOLCANIC
PLAINS
FORMATION
.
152
10.6.1
EARTH,
MARS,
AND
THE
MOON
.
152
10.6.2
TERRESTRIAL
MAGMAS AND
TEMPERATURE
.
153
10.6.3
WHAT
TYPE
OF VOLCANISM OCCURRED ON
MERCURY?
.
154
10.6.4
COMPOSITIONS
OF
MERCURY'S
PLAINS
.
155
10.6.5 MERCURY'S
SMOOTH
PLAINS COMPOSITION
.
155
11 TECTONICS
.
157
11.1
FAULTING
.
157
11.1.1 FAULT
TYPES
AND
MECHANICS
.
158
11.1.2 TOPOGRAPHIC
EXPRESSION
.
160
11.2 MERCURY'S
LOBATE
SCARPS
.
160
11.2.1
THRUST
FAULTS
.
160
11.2.2
DISTRIBUTION
AND AGE
.
161
11.2.3 THE
SHRUNKEN
PLANET
.
164
11.2.4 THRUSTING,
LITHOSPHERIC
AND CRUSTAL
THICKNESS.
165
11.3 OTHER
TECTONIC
STRUCTURES
.
165
11.3.1
GRABENS
AND
NORMAL
FAULTS
.
165
11.3.2 LINEAR
STRUCTURES
.
165
11.3.3 DESPINNING
FAULT
PATTERN
.
166
12
HISTORY
AND ORIGIN
.
169
12.1 GEOLOGIC
HISTORY
.
169
12.2 THERMAL
HISTORY
.
169
12.2.1 SCENARIO #1,
AN ACTIVE
DIPOLE
.
170
X
CONTENTS
12.2.2
SCENARIO
#2,
A REMNANT
FIELD
.
172
12.2.3
NO
THERMAL
MODEL CONSISTENT
WITH
THE
GEOLOGIC
HISTORY
.
172
12.3
ORIGIN
OF PRESENT
DAY MERCURY
.
172
12.3.1
CHEMICAL
EQUILIBRIUM MODELS
.
173
12.3.2
HOW
DID
THE
CORE GET
SO
LARGE?
.
173
12.3.3
WHICH
HYPOTHESIS
IS
CORRECT?
.
174
12.4
CLASHING
PLANETS
.
174
13
FUTURE
EXPLORATION
OF
MERCURY
.
181
13.1
WE
MUST
RETURN
TO
MERCURY
.
181
13.2
THE
NASA
MESSENGER
MISSION
.
181
13.2.1
MISSION
OBJECTIVES
.
182
13.2.2 SCIENCE
EXPERIMENTS
.
183
13.3 THE
EUROPE/JAPAN BEPI
COLOMBO
MISSION
.
184
APPENDIX
A
ORBITAL
AND
PHYSICAL
DATA
FOR MERCURY
.
185
APPENDIX B
GLOSSARY
OF
TERMS
.
187
APPENDIX
C
NAMES
AND
LOCATIONS
OF
MERCURY'S
SURFACE
FEATURES
.
195
BIBLIOGRAPHY
.
203
INDEX
.
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spelling | Strom, Robert G. Verfasser aut Exploring Mercury the iron planet Robert G. Strom and Ann L. Sprague Berlin Springer [2003] © 2003 xxx, 216 Seiten Illustrationen 25 cm 1 CD-ROM (12 cm) txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Springer-Praxis books in astronomy and space sciences Systemvoraussetzungen: Macintosh: Power Macintosh with OS 8.6, OS 9.x, or OS X with at least 100 megabytes of disc space; CD-ROM player; Windows: Win 95/98, ME, NT Service Pack 4, 2000 or XP and at least 100 megabytes of disc space. - Literaturverz. S. [203] - 210 Geschichte gnd rswk-swf Planetologie (DE-588)4233970-4 gnd rswk-swf Mariner Raumsonde (DE-588)7841238-9 gnd rswk-swf Mercury (Planet) Merkur Planet (DE-588)4169460-0 gnd rswk-swf Merkur Planet (DE-588)4169460-0 g Planetologie (DE-588)4233970-4 s Mariner Raumsonde (DE-588)7841238-9 s Geschichte z DE-604 Sprague, Ann L. Verfasser aut Digitalisierung Deutsches Museum application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=015185623&sequence=000001&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
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title | Exploring Mercury the iron planet |
title_auth | Exploring Mercury the iron planet |
title_exact_search | Exploring Mercury the iron planet |
title_exact_search_txtP | Exploring Mercury the iron planet |
title_full | Exploring Mercury the iron planet Robert G. Strom and Ann L. Sprague |
title_fullStr | Exploring Mercury the iron planet Robert G. Strom and Ann L. Sprague |
title_full_unstemmed | Exploring Mercury the iron planet Robert G. Strom and Ann L. Sprague |
title_short | Exploring Mercury |
title_sort | exploring mercury the iron planet |
title_sub | the iron planet |
topic | Planetologie (DE-588)4233970-4 gnd Mariner Raumsonde (DE-588)7841238-9 gnd |
topic_facet | Planetologie Mariner Raumsonde Mercury (Planet) Merkur Planet |
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