A note for observers of Mercury

Details A note for observers of Mercury A note for observers of Mercury

Dec 2003

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003jbaa..113..325f&link_type=abstract

Journal of the British Astronomical Association, vol.113, no.6, p.325

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Did Earth-based observers pre-empt the discovery of craters on Mars? The evidence is inconclusive and highly contentious. A much better case can be made out for Mercury where bright spots have often been sighted on its tiny disk. Initially these were thought to be evidence of atmospheric activity, but it is now known they correspond to the ejecta blanket of bright ray craters; a fact that gives new meaning to direct visual study of the planet, inasmuch as they provide a more reliable means of correlating albedo features with the planet's morphology.

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