Craters hosting radar-bright deposits in Mercury's north polar region: Areas of persistent shadow determined from MESSENGER images

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 26-36

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

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

^b ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

craters; Mercury; MESSENGER; north pole; shadow; water ice

Indexed keywords

CRATER; ICE; MERCURY (PLANET); POLAR REGION; RADAR IMAGERY; SATELLITE DATA; SATELLITE MISSION; WATER;

ARCTIC; NORTH POLE;

EID: 84871362258     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: 21699100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JE004172     Document Type: Article

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