Potassium and thorium on the surface of Mercury: Early results from the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

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Oct 2011

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1170p&link_type=abstract

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1170

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On 18 March 2011, MESSENGER became the first spacecraft to enter orbit around Mercury, inaugurating a one-year campaign of scientific observation. One of the major mission objectives is to characterize the composition of the surface in order to address fundamental questions regarding the formation and evolution of the innermost planet. To accomplish this task, MESSENGER carries a suite of remote sensing instruments. Here we present results of gamma-ray measurements of potassium and thorium abundances on the surface and their implications for the formation of Mercury.

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