Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Oct 2007
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007ssrv..132..351k&link_type=abstract
Space Science Reviews, Volume 132, Issue 2-4, pp. 351-397
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Solar System, Unknown Side Of Mercury, Ground Based Observation, Resolved Images, Regolith Physical Properties
Scientific paper
New planned orbiter missions to Mercury have prompted renewed efforts to investigate the surface of Mercury via ground-based remote sensing. While the highest resolution instrumentation optical telescopes (e.g., HST) cannot be used at angular distances close to the Sun, advanced ground-based astronomical techniques and modern analytical and software can be used to obtain the resolved images of the poorly known or unknown part of Mercury. Our observations of the planet presented here were carried out in many observatories at morning and evening elongation of the planet. Stacking the acquired images of the hemisphere of Mercury, which was not observed by the Mariner 10 mission (1974-1975), is presented. Huge features found there change radically the existing hypothesis that the “continental” character of a surface may be attributed to the whole planet. We present the observational method, the data analysis approach, the resulting images and obtained properties of the Mercury’s surface.
Harmon John
Ksanfomality Leonid
Petrova Elena
Thomas Nicolas
Veselovsky Igor
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