Mercury's heart of iron
Journal Article
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· Astronomy; (USA)
OSTI ID:6050874
- Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ (USA)
The one spacecraft to visit Mercury, Mariner 10, made three passes in 1974-75 after flying by Venus en route. Now, more than a decade after its first-and-only spacecraft visit, planetary scientists have absorbed the data from that flight - and are posing new questions with answers that call for a return to Mercury. Mercury is a metallic planet.
- OSTI ID:
- 6050874
- Journal Information:
- Astronomy; (USA), Journal Name: Astronomy; (USA) Vol. 16:11; ISSN ASTRD; ISSN 0091-6358
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AGE ESTIMATION
ATMOSPHERES
CAVITIES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COLLISIONS
CRATERS
DATA ANALYSIS
ELEMENTS
EXPLORATION
INTERACTIONS
IRON
MAGNETIC FIELDS
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METALS
MORPHOLOGY
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETARY EVOLUTION
PLANETS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
SOLAR WIND
SPACE VEHICLES
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TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VEHICLES
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
AGE ESTIMATION
ATMOSPHERES
CAVITIES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
COLLISIONS
CRATERS
DATA ANALYSIS
ELEMENTS
EXPLORATION
INTERACTIONS
IRON
MAGNETIC FIELDS
MARINER SPACE PROBES
MERCURY PLANET
METALS
MORPHOLOGY
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETARY EVOLUTION
PLANETS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOLAR ACTIVITY
SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION
SOLAR WIND
SPACE VEHICLES
TEMPERATURE GRADIENTS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
VEHICLES