Mercury: Mid‐infrared (3–13.5 μm) observations show heterogeneous composition, presence of intermediate and basic soil types, and pyroxene

Abstract— The Aerospace Corporation's broadband array spectrograph system (BASS) mounted on the NASA infrared telescope facility (IRTF) on Mauna Kea, Hawaii was used to obtain spectral measurements of Mercury's thermal emission on 1998 March 21 (45–85° longitude), and on 1998 May 12 (68–...

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Main Authors: Sprague, A, Emery, J, Donaldson Hanna, K, Russell, R, Lynch, D, Mazuk, A
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2010