Evolution of the surface of Mercury

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Dec 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977mmsai..48..787c&link_type=abstract

(Società Astronomica Italiana, Riunione, 21st, Bologna, Italy, Oct. 20-23, 1977.) Astronomica Italiana, Memorie, vol. 48, Dec. 1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Mariner 10 Space Probe, Mercury (Planet), Planetary Craters, Planetary Evolution, Planetary Surfaces, Spaceborne Photography, Geochronology, Impact Damage, Planetology, Spatial Distribution, Statistical Analysis

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This paper attempts to synthesize information from a large amount of photographic data received during the Mariner 10 mission to Mercury. The approach includes the compilation of crater-density isoline maps and cumulative crater size-frequency distributions, and that results in a detailed and unbiased description of the craterization of the planet. This statistical approach has also been applied to the recognition of physiographic units and has been used as a starting point for the development of the evolutionary history of the surface of Mercury based on assumptions on the temporal placement of the Caloris event. A sequence of events was obtained, and two hypotheses for the evolution of the surface are proposed.

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