The emissivity of a fine-grained labradorite sample at typical Mercury dayside temperatures

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 285, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 347-354

  Helbert, Jörn ^a   Maturilli, Alessandro ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

BepiColombo; emissivity; Mercury; MESSENGER

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; CHANGING TEMPERATURE; CURRENT TEST; EMISSIVITY; EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; HIGH LATITUDES; JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY; MERCURY; MERCURY SURFACE; MESSENGER; MID-INFRARED WAVELENGTHS; MIDINFRARED; NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE AGENCIES; PLANETARY SURFACES; SPACE ENVIRONMENT; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL FEATURE; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT MEASUREMENTS; TEST SETUPS; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMAL INFRARED; TIME OF DAY;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (METAL); REMOTE SENSING; SILICATE MINERALS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SPACE RESEARCH; SURFACES;

SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EMISSIVITY; LABRADORITE; MERCURY (PLANET); PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; SATELLITE MISSION;

EID: 69049098811     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2009.02.031     Document Type: Article

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