Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 21-39

  Rothery, David ^a   Marinangeli, Lucia ^b   Anand, Mahesh ^a   Carpenter, James ^c   Christensen, Ulrich ^d   Crawford, Ian A ^e   Sanctis, Maria Cristina De ^f   Epifani, Elena Mazzotta ^g   Erard, Stéphane ^h   Frigeri, Alessandro ⁱ   Fraser, George ^c   Hauber, Ernst ^j   Helbert, Jörn ^j   Hiesinger, Harald ^k   Joy, Katherine ^e   Langevin, Yves ^l   Massironi, Matteo ^m   Milillo, Anna ^e   Mitrofanov, Igor ⁿ   Muinonen, Karri ^o   Näränen, Jyri ^o   Pauselli, Cristina ^h   Potts, Phil ^a   Warell, Johan ^p   Wurz, Peter ^q   more..

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b International Research School of Planetary Sciences   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^g INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI CAPODIMONTE   (Italy)

^h OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^j GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^l UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^m UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

ⁿ RAS ^*  (Russian Federation)

^o UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^p UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

more..

Author keywords

BepiColombo; Mercury; Planetary composition; Planetary surface

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; GEOLOGICAL HISTORY; MINERALOGICAL PROPERTIES; PLANETARY SURFACES; SPACE WEATHERING; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS;

MERCURY (METAL); NASA; SURFACES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 73849101116     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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