Overview: 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.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
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