Areas of permanent shadow in Mercury's south polar region ascertained by MESSENGER orbital imaging

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Chabot, Nancy L ^a   Ernst, Carolyn M ^a   Denevi, Brett W ^a   Harmon, John K ^b   Murchie, Scott L ^a   Blewett, David T ^a   Solomon, Sean C ^c   Zhong, Ellen D ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; MERCURY (METAL); POLES; RADAR;

COLD TRAPS; IMPACT CRATERS; ORBITAL IMAGING; SOUTH POLAR REGION; SOUTH POLE; THERMAL MODEL; THIN LAYERS; WATER ICE;

MERCURY DEPOSITS;

CRATER; MERCURY (PLANET); POLAR REGION; REGOLITH; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 84861108654     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012GL051526     Document Type: Article

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