Planet Mercury - From Pale Pink Dot to Dynamic World - Bog af David A. Rothery - Hardback
A new and detailed picture of Mercury is emerging thanks to NASA¿s MESSENGER mission that spent four years in orbit about the Sun¿s innermost planet. Comprehensively illustrated by close-up images and other data, the author describes Mercury¿s landscapes from a geological perspective: from sublimation hollows, to volcanic vents, to lava plains, to giant thrust faults. He considers what its giant core, internal structure and weird composition have to tell us about the formation and evolution of..