Mercury radar studies and lunar comparisons

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May 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997adspr..19.1487h&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, vol. 19, p. 1487

Mathematics

Logic

42

Mercury (Planet), Moon, Radar Imagery, Mercury Surface, Lunar Surface, Planetary Geology, Mariner 10 Space Probe, Radar Scattering

Scientific paper

Radar observations of Mercury are used as a basis for comparison of the planet's geology with that of the moon. The similarity of the two bodies' quasi-specular scattering properties indicates that their surfaces are rougher and more porous than those of Venus and Mars. In addition, the smooth plains of Mercury exhibit the quasispecular smoothness and down-bowed topographic characteristics of lunar maria, suggesting that the plains and the maria are geologic analogs.

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