Resolved spectroscopy of Mercury in the near-IR with SpeX/IRTF

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 125-137

  Vernazza, P ^a   DeMeo, F ^b   Nedelcu, D A ^c,d   Birlan, M ^d   Doressoundiram, A ^b   Erard, S ^b   Volquardsen, E ^e  

^a EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY   (Netherlands)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c ACADEMY OF ROMANIAN SCIENTISTS   (Romania)

^d Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Mercury, Surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955771265     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.12.010     Document Type: Article

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