Mercury Publications
In an initiative to keep the community aware of Mercury-related research, MExAG posts updated bibliographies to its website each quarter. While we do our best to include all recent publications, we may unintentionally miss new work. Please help keep MExAG informed of recent Mercury-related publications by sharing your work with [email protected].
2024 (as of February)
Andolfo, S., Genova, A., & Del Vecchio, E. (2024), Precise Orbit Determination of the MESSENGER Spacecraft, Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics, 47. https://doi.org/10.2514/1.G007690.
Beddingfield, C. B., Crane, K., Klimczak, C., & Cartwright, R. (2024), Mercury's Lobate Scarps Reveal that Polygonal Impact Craters Form on Contractional Structures, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 52. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad1fff.
Carli, C., Ferrari, S., Maturilli, A., Serventi, G., Sgavetti, M., et al. (2024), Laboratory Emissivity Spectra of Sulphide-Bearing Samples, New Constraints for the Surface of Mercury: Oldhamite in Mafic Aggregates, Minerals, 14, 62. https://doi.org/10.3390/min14010062.
Christou, A. A., Egal, A., & Georgakarakos, N. (2024), The Taurid Resonant Swarm at Mercury, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 4834. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3516.
Connell, S. A., Applin, D. M., Turenne, N. N., Cloutis, E. A., Kiddell, C., et al. (2024), The Iris CubeSat mission: Science payload description for a pathfinder geological space weathering investigation, Acta Astronautica, 216, 381. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actaastro.2024.01.009.
Deutsch, A. N., Neumann, G. A., Kreslavsky, M. A., Pokorný, P., Martinez Camacho, J. M., Trang, D., Izenberg, N. R., Denevi, B. W., Galiano, A., & Filacchione, G. (2024), Temperature-related Variations of 1064 nm Surface Reflectance on Mercury: Implications for Space Weathering, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 8. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad0e6d.
Fränz, M., Rojo, M., Cornet, T., Hadid, L. Z., Saito, Y., et al. (2024), Spacecraft Outgassing Observed by the BepiColombo Ion Spectrometers, Journal of Geophysical Research (Space Physics), 129, e2023JA032044. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA032044.
Krüger, H., Thompson, M. S., Kobayashi, M., Mangano, V., Moroni, M., et al. (2024), Understanding the Dust Environment at Mercury: From Surface to Exosphere, The Planetary Science Journal, 5, 36. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad11f5.
Lai, S. H., Yang, Y.-H., & Ip, W.-H. (2024), Magnetohydrodynamic Perspective on the Disappearance of Mercury's Bow Shock by Helios Data Exploration, The Astrophysical Journal, 961, 83. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ad0a8a.
Nevsky, D., Lavrukhin, A., & Alexeev, I. (2024), Mercury's Bow Shock and Magnetopause Variations According to MESSENGER Data, Universe, 10, 40. https://doi.org/10.3390/universe10010040.
Raymond, S. N., Kaib, N. A., Selsis, F., & Bouy, H. (2024), Future trajectories of the Solar System: dynamical simulations of stellar encounters within 100 au, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 527, 6126. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad3604.
Teubenbacher, D., Exner, W., Feyerabend, M., Narita, Y., Schmid, D., et al. (2024), Solar wind entry into Mercury's magnetosphere: Simulation results for the second swingby of BepiColombo, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 681, A98. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347789.
Wright, J., Zambon, F., Carli, C., Altieri, F., Pöhler, C. M., et al. (2024), A geostratigraphic map of the Rachmaninoff basin area: Integrating morphostratigraphic and spectral units on Mercury, Earth Space Sci. 11, e2023EA003258. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003258.
Xu, R., Xiao, Z., Wang, Y., & Cui, J. (2024), Less than one weight percent of graphite on the surface of Mercury, Nature Astronomy,. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02169-5.
Yazıcı, I. S., Cheng, H. C. J., Crane, K. T., & Klimczak, C. (2024), Straight impact crater rim segments on Mercury, Journal of Maps, 20, 2308687. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2308687.
Zhong, J., Xie, L., Lee, L.-C., Slavin, J. A., Raines, J. M., Dewey, R. M., Ip, W.-H., Saito, Y., & Wei, Y. (2024), North-South Plasma Asymmetry Across Mercury's Near-Tail Current Sheet, Geophysical Research Letters, 51, e2023GL106266. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL106266.
2023 (as of November)
Abbot, D. S., Hernandez, D. M., Hadden, S., Webber, R. J., Afentakis, G. P., & Weare, J., (2023), Simple Physics and Integrators Accurately Reproduce Mercury Instability Statistics, The Astrophysical Journal 944, 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acb6ff.
Aizawa, S., Harada, Y., André, N., Saito, Y., Barabash, S., et al., (2023), Direct evidence of substorm-related impulsive injections of electrons at Mercury, Nature Communications, 14. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39565-4.
Alberti, T., Sun, W., Varsani, A., Heyner, D., Orsini, S., et al., (2023), High-energy particle enhancements in the solar wind upstream Mercury during the first BepiColombo flyby: SERENA/PICAM and MPO-MAG observations, Astronomy & Astrophysics 669. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202244662.
Barbaro, A., Zorzi, F., Lorenzetti, A., Ferrari, S., Tubaro, C., & Nestola, F., (2023), Thermal expansion of oldhamite, CaS: Implication for the surface of Mercury, Icarus, 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115629.
Barraud, O., Besse, S., & Doressoundiram, A., (2023), Low sulfide concentration in Mercury’s smooth plains inhibits hollows, Science Advances 9, 12. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add6452.
Bertone, S., Mazarico, E., Barker, M. K., Siegler, M. A., Martinez-Camacho, J. M., Hamill, C. D., Glantzberg, A. K., & Chabot, N. L., (2023), Highly Resolved Topography and Illumination at Mercury's South Pole from MESSENGER MDIS NAC, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 21. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acaddb.
Bott, N., Brunetto, R., Doressoundiram, A., Carli, C., Capaccioni, F., et al., (2023), Effects of Temperature on Visible and Infrared Spectra of Mercury Minerals Analogues, Minerals 13, 2. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020250.
Bromley, J., & Chiang, E., (2023), Chaotic winds from a dying world: a one-dimensional map for evolving atmospheres, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 521, 4. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad932.
Brown, G., & Hanno, R., (2023), General relativistic precession and the long-term stability of the solar system, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stad719.
Buoninfante, S., Milano, M., Negri, B., Plainaki, C., Sindoni, G., & Fedi, M. (2023), Gravity evidence for a heterogeneous crust of Mercury, Scientific Reports, 13, 19854. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-46081-4.
Butkus, C. R., Warren, A. O., Kite, E. S., Torres, S., Naoz, S., & Glass, J. B., (2023), A note on graphite hydrogenation as a source of abiotic methane on rocky planets: A case study for Mercury, Icarus, 400. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115580.
Caminiti, E., Doressoundiram, A., Besse, S., & Wright, J., (2023), A Spectral Study of the Caloris Basin on Mercury and the Origin of Associated Volcanic Smooth Plains, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007685.
Cardinale, M., Vaz, D. A., D’Incecco, P., Mari, N., Filiberto, J., et al., (2023), Morphostructural mapping of Borealis Planitia, Mercury, Journal of Maps 19, 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2223637.
Chambers, J., (2023), Making the Solar System, The Astrophysical Journal 944, 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca96f.
Charbonnier, G., Boulila, S., Spangenberg, J. E., Vermeulen, J., & Galbrun, B., (2023), Astrochronology of the Aptian stage and evidence for the chaotic orbital motion of Mercury, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 610. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118104.
Chaufray, J. -Y., Quémerais, E, Koutroumpa, D., Robidel, R., Leblanc, F., et al., (2023), The EUV Reflectance of Mercury's Surface Measured by BepiColombo/PHEBUS, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 128, 3. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007669.
Chen, Y.-W., Shue, J.-H., Zhong, J., & Shen, H.-W., (2023), Anomalous Response of Mercury's Magnetosphere to Solar Wind Compression: Comparison to Earth, The Astrophysical Journal, 957, 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acf655.
Clement, M. S., Chambers, J. E., Kaib, N. A., Raymond, S. N., & Jackson, A. P., (2023), Mercury’s formation within the early instability scenario, Icarus 394, 115445. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115445.
Davis, E. E., Winslow, R. M., & Lawrence, D. J., (2023), Characterizing Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection-related Forbush Decreases at Mercury Using MESSENGER Observations: Identification of a One- or Two-step Structure, The Astrophysical Journal 943, 83. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acaca1.
Deng, Q., Xiao, Z., Zhong, Z., Ye, M., Li, F., et al., (2023), Lithospheric Elastic Thickness Beneath the Caloris Basin: Implications for the Thermal Structure of Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007796.
Edvardsson, S., (2023), Relativistic gravitational force, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 135, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-023-10138-3.
Filacchione, G., Capaccioni, F., Simioni, E., & Cremonese, G., (2023), The Global Mapping of Mercury's Surface From SIMBIO-SYS Onboard BepiColombo: VIS-NIR Hyperspectral Coverage by the VIHI Channel, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 61. https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2023.3312788.
Galiano, A., Capaccioni, F., Filacchione, G., & Carli, C., (2023), Principal Component Analysis applied on MASCS/MESSENGER data for the spectral investigation of Mercury's surface, Icarus, 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115609.
Genova, A., Goossens, S., Del Vecchio, E., Petricca, F., Beuthe, M., Wieczorek, M., et al., (2023), Regional variations of Mercury's crustal density and porosity from MESSENGER gravity data, Icarus 391, 115332. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115332.
Glantzberg, A. K., Chabot, N. L., Barker, M. K., Mazarico, E., Siegler, M. A., et al., (2023), Investigating the Stability and Distribution of Surface Ice in Mercury's Northernmost Craters, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 6. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd68d.
Gläser, P., & Oberst, J., (2023), Modeling the thermal environment of Mercury’s north pole using MLA. Implications for locations of water ice, Icarus 391, 115349. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115349.
Glass, A. N., Tracy, P. J., Raines, J. M., Xianzhe, J., Norberto, R., & DiBraccio, G. A., (2023), Characterization of Foreshock Plasma Populations at Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128, 2. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031111.
Gosselin, G. J., Freed, A. M., & Johnson, B. C., (2023), Crustal Block and Muted Ring Development During the Formation of Mercury's Caloris Megabasin, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 9. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007920.
Griton, L., Issautier, K., Moncuquet, M., Pantellini, F., Kasaba, Y., & Kojima, H., (2023), Electron density revealing the boundaries of Mercury's magnetosphere via serendipitous measurements by SORBET during BepiColombo first and second Mercury swing-bys, Astronomy & Astrophysics 670. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245162.
Guo, J., Lu, S., Lu, Q., Slavin, J. A., Sun, W., Ren, J., Wang, X., Lin, Y., Hajra, R., & Wang, R. (2023), Three-Dimensional Global Hybrid Simulations of Mercury's Disappearing Dayside Magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 128, e2023JE008032. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE008032.
Iacovino, K., McCubbin, F. M., Vander Kaaden, K. E., Clark, J., Wittmann, A., Jakubek, R. S., et al., (2023), Carbon as a key driver of super-reduced explosive volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from graphite-melt smelting experiments, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 602, 117908. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117908.
Izvekova, Yu. N., Popel, S. I., & Golub', A. P., (2023), Wave Processes in Dusty Plasma near the Mercury's Surface, Plasma Physics Reports, 49, 7. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X23600585.
Jäggi, N., Mutzke, A., Biber, H., Brötzner, J., Szabo, P. S., et al., (2023), New Compound and Hybrid Binding Energy Sputter Model for Modeling Purposes in Agreement with Experimental Data, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 5. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acd056.
Lark, L. H., Head, J. W., & Huber, C., (2023), Evidence for a carbon-rich Mercury from the distribution of low-reflectance material (LRM) associated with large impact basins, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 613. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118192.
Lavorenti, F., Henri, P., Califano, F., Deca, J., Lindsay, S., et al., (2023), Solar-wind electron precipitation on weakly magnetized bodies: The planet Mercury, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245711.
Lavorenti, F., Jensen, E. A., Aizawa, S., Califano, F., D'Amore, M., et al., (2023), Maps of Solar Wind Plasma Precipitation onto Mercury's Surface: A Geographical Perspective, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 9. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acef15.
Leblanc, F., Deborde, R., Tramontina, D., Bringa, E., Chaufray, J. Y., et al., (2023), On the origins of backscattered solar wind energetic neutral hydrogen from the Moon and Mercury, Planetary and Space Science 229. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105660.
Leblanc, F., Sarantos, M., Domingue, D., Milillo, A., Savin, D. W., Prem, P., Benkhoff, J., Zender, J., Galli, A., Murakami, G., Sasaki, S., Thompson, M., & Raines, J. (2023), How Does the Thermal Environment Affect the Exosphere/Surface Interface at Mercury?, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 227. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad07da.
Leon-Dasi, M., Besse, S., & Doressoundiram, A., (2023), Deep Learning Investigation of Mercury's Explosive Volcanism, Remote Sensing, 15, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15184560.
Lézin, M., Amit, H., Terra-Nova, F., & Wardinski, I., (2023), Mantle-driven north-south dichotomy in geomagnetic polar minima, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 337. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pepi.2023.107000.
Li, C., Jia, X., Chen, Y., Toth, G., Zhou, H., et al., (2023), Global Hall MHD Simulations of Mercury's Magnetopause Dynamics and FTEs Under Different Solar Wind and IMF Conditions, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, 5. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031206.
Lierle, P., Schmidt, C., Baumgardner, J., Moore, L., & Lovett, E., (2023), Rapid Imaging Planetary Spectrograph, Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 135, 1051. https://doi.org/10.1088/1538-3873/acec9f.
Ma, P., Zhang, H., Yang, Y., Jiang, T., Britt, D., & Zhu, M., (2023), A laboratory study of the phase ratio imagery method, Icarus, 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115608.
Malliband, C. C., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M. R., Conway, S. J., Pegg, D. L., & Wright, J., (2023), Geology of the Derain quadrangle (H10), Mercury, Journal of Maps, 19, 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2112774.
Man, B., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M. R.,; Conway, S. J., & Wright, J., (2023), Widespread small grabens consistent with recent tectonism on Mercury, Nature Geoscience, 16, 10. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01281-5.
Man, B., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M. R., Conway, S. J., Wright, J., et al., (2023), Geology of the Neruda quadrangle (H13), Mercury, Journal of Maps, 19, 1. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2256353.
Mari, N., Eggers, G. L., Filiberto, J., Carli, C., Pratesi, G., et al., (2023), Boninites as Mercury lava analogues: Geochemical and spectral measurements from pillow lavas on Cyprus island, Planetary and Space Science 236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2023.105764.
Milillo, A., Sarantos, M., Grava, C., Janches, D., Lammer, H., et al., (2023), Future Directions for the Investigation of Surface-Bounded Exospheres in the Inner Solar System, Space Science Reviews, 219, 6. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00994-8.
Morlok, A., Renggli, C., Charlier, B., Namur, O., Klemme, S., et al., (2023), A mid-infrared study of synthetic glass and crystal mixtures analog to the geochemical terranes on mercury, Icarus 396. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115498.
Moroni, M., Mura, A., Milillo, A., Plainaki, C., Mangano, V., et al., (2023), Micro-meteoroids impact vaporization as source for Ca and CaO exosphere along Mercury's orbit, Icarus, 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115616.
Morrissey, L., Schaible, M., Tucker, O., Szabo, P., Bacon, G., et al., (2023), Establishing a Best Practice for SDTrimSP Simulations of Solar Wind Ion Sputtering, The Planetary Science Journal 4, 4. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acc587.
Mouser, M. D., & Dygert, N., (2023), On the Potential for Cumulate Mantle Overturn in Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 7. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007739.
Munaretto, G., Lucchetti, A., Pajola, M., Cremonese, G., & Massironi, M., (2023), Assessing the spectrophotometric properties of Mercury's hollows through multiangular MESSENGER/MDIS observations, Icarus 389, 115284. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115284.
Mura, A., Plainaki, C., Milillo, A., Mangano, V., Alberti, T., Massetti, S., et al., (2023), The yearly variability of the sodium exosphere of Mercury: A toy model, Icarus 394, 115441. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115441.
Nevskii, D. V., Lavrukhin, A. S., & Alexeev, I. I., (2023), Automatic Detection of Bow Shock and Magnetopause Positions at Mercury's Magnetosphere Using MESSENGER Magnetometer Data, Cosmic Research, 61, 3. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0010952522600081.
Nittler, L. R., Boujibar, A., Crapster-Pregont, E., Frank, E. A., McCoy, T. J., et al., (2023), Chromium on Mercury: New Results From the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer and Implications for the Innermost Planet's Geochemical Evolution, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 7. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007691.
Ozaki, M., Yagitani, S., Kasaba, Y., Kasahara, Y., Matsuda, S., et al., (2023), Whistler-mode waves in Mercury's magnetosphere observed by BepiColombo/Mio, Nature Astronomy. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-023-02055-0.
Pirotte, H., Cartier, C., Namur, O., Pommier, A., Zhang, Y., et al., (2023), Internal differentiation and volatile budget of Mercury inferred from the partitioning of heat-producing elements at highly reduced conditions, Icarus, 405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115699.
Pisello, A., Bisolfati, M., Poggiali, G., Tolomei, P., Braschi, E., Brucato, J. R., & Perugini, D. (2023), Mid-Infrared (MIR) Spectroscopy of Silicate Glasses as Analogs for Mercury's Surface: The Influence of Grain Size, Minerals, 13, 170. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13020170.
Pokorny, P., Deutsch, A.N., Kuchner, M. J., (2023), Mercury's circumsolar dust ring as an imprint of a recent impact, The Planetary Science Journal 4, 33. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acb52e.
Pommier, A., Tauber, M. J., Pirotte, H., Cody, G. D., Steele, A., Bullock, E. S., Charlier, B., & Mysen, B. O. (2023), Experimental investigation of the bonding of sulfur in highly reduced silicate glasses and melts, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 363, 114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.10.027.
Popel, S. I., Zelenyi, L. M., Zakharov, A. V., (2023), Dusty Plasma in the Solar System: Celestial Bodies without Atmosphere, Plasma Physics Reports, 49, 8. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063780X23600780.
Quémerais, E., Koutroumpa, D., Lallement, R., Sandel, B. R., Robidel, R., et al., (2023), Observation of Helium in Mercury's Exosphere by PHEBUS on Bepi-Colombo, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 6. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007743.
Reitze, M. P., Weber, I., Morlok, A., Hiesinger, H., et al., (2023), Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Feldspars From the Bühl Basalt (Northern Hesse, Germany) Formed Under Reducing Conditions as Terrestrial Analogue of Mercury for MERTIS, Earth and Space Science, 10, 6. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA002903.
Renggli, C. J., Stojic, A. N., Morlok, A., Berndt, J., Weber, I., Klemme, S., & Hiesinger, H. (2023), Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of Sulfidation Reaction Products and Implications for Sulfur on Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 128, e2023JE007895. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE00789510.22541/essoar.168394756.67443674/v1.
Righter, K., Boujibar, A., Humayun, M., Yang, S., Rowland, R., & Pando, K., (2023), Activity model for 36 elements in Fe-Ni-Si-S-C liquids with application to terrestrial planet accretion and mantle geochemistry: New data for Ru, Re, Pt, Os, Ti, Nb, and Ta, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 354. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2023.06.014.
Robidel, R., Quémerais, E., Chaufray, J. Y., Koutroumpa, D., Leblanc, F., Reberac, A., Yoshikawa, I., Yoshioka, K., Murakami, G., Korablev, O., Belyaev, D., Pelizzo, M. G., & Corso, A. J. (2023), Mercury's Exosphere as Seen by BepiColombo/PHEBUS Visible Channels During the First Two Flybys, Journal of Geophysical Research (Planets), 128, e2023JE007808. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007808.
Rodriguez, J. A. P., Domingue, D., Travis, B., Kargel, J. S., Abramov, O., Zarroca, M., Banks, M. E., Weirich, J., Lopez, A., Castle, N., Jianguo, Y., & Chuang, F. (2023), Mercury's Hidden Past: Revealing a Volatile-dominated Layer through Glacier-like Features and Chaotic Terrains, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 219. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acf219.
Saha, P., & Mukherjee, G. D., (2023), Thermal conductivity of iron and nickel during melting: Implication to the planetary liquid outer core, Pramana 97, 1. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12043-022-02471-3.
Seuren, F., Triana, S. A., Rekier, J., Barik, A., & Van Hoolst, T., (2023), Effects of the Librationally Induced Flow in Mercury's Fluid Core with an Outer Stably Stratified Layer, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 9. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acee77.
Shao, P., Ma, Y., Odstrcil, D., (2023), Solar wind directional change triggering large-amplitude deflection of Mercury's current sheet, Astrophysics and Space Science 368, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10509-023-04191-5.
Shao, P., Ma, Y., Zeng, G., (2023), MESSENGER Observations of Multiple Magnetic Energy Releases during Mercury's Substorm, The Astrophysical Journal, 953, 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ace24b.
Soni, S. L., Selvakumaran, R., & Thampi, R. S., (2023), Assessment of the arrival signatures of the March 2012 CME–CME interaction event with respect to Mercury, Venus, Earth, STEREO-B, and Mars locations, Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 9. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspas.2022.1049906.
Stepanova, I. E., Yagola, A. G., Lukyanenko, D. V., & Kolotov, I. I. (2023), On Constructing Analytical Models of the Magnetic Field of Mercury from Satellite Data, Izvestiya Physics of the Solid Earth, 59, 979. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351323060216.
Subbotin, M., Kodukov, A., & Pavlov, D., (2023), Reducing roundoff errors in numerical integration of planetary ephemeris, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 135, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10569-023-10139-2.
Suzuki, Y., Yoshioka, K., Murakami, G., & Yoshikawa, I. (2023), The relation between the surface composition anomaly and distribution of the exosphere of Mercury, Earth, Planets and Space, 75, 174. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-023-01929-x.
Szabo, P. S., Poppe, A. R., Mutzke, A., Fatemi, S., Vorburger, A., & Wurz, P., (2023), Energetic Neutral Atom (ENA) Emission Characteristics at the Moon and Mercury From 3D Regolith Simulations of Solar Wind Reflection, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, 128, 9. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JE007911.
Teolis, B., Sarantos, M., Schorghofer, N. et al., (2023), Surface Exospheric Interactions, Space Sci Rev 219, 4. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-023-00951-5.
Tomko, D., & Neslušan, L., (2023), Prediction of the collisions of meteoroids originating in comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner with the Mercury, Venus, and Mars, Icarus, 405. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115694.
Unterborn, C. T., Desch, S. J., Haldemann, J., Lorenzo, A., Schulze, J. G., et al., (2023), The Nominal Ranges of Rocky Planet Masses, Radii, Surface Gravities, and Bulk Densities, The Astrophysical Journal 944, 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/acaa3b.
Varela, J., & Pantellini, F., (2023), Slow-mode rarefaction and compression fronts in the Hermean magnetosphere: From MESSENGER insights to future BepiColombo observations, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 675. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245596.
Verkercke, S., Chaufray, J.-Y., Leblanc, F., Bringa, E. M., Tramontina, D., et al., (2023), Effects of Airless Bodies' Regolith Structures and of the Solar Wind's Properties on the Backscattered Energetic Neutral Atoms Flux, The Planetary Science Journal, 4, 10. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/acf6bd.
Voitcu, G., Echim, M., Teodorescu, E., & Munteanu, C., (2023), Kinetic simulations of solar wind plasma irregularities crossing the Hermean magnetopause, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202346214.
Wang, Y., Zhong, J., Slavin, J., Zhang, H., Lee., L.-C., et al., (2023), MESSENGER Observations of Standing Whistler Waves Upstream of Mercury's Bow Shock, Geophysical Research Letters, 50, 10. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL102574.
Weber, I., Reitze, M. P., Morlok, A., Stojic, A. N., Hiesinger, H., et al. (2023), Mid-IR spectral properties of different surfaces of silicate mixtures before and after excimer laser irradiation, Icarus, 404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115683.
Williams, H., (2023), An elementary approach to simulating the perihelion of Mercury, European Journal of Physics, 44, 6. https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6404/ad0188.
Wohlfarth, K., Wöhler, C., Hiesinger, H., & Helbert, J., (2023), An advanced thermal roughness model for airless planetary bodies. Implications for global variations of lunar hydration and mineralogical mapping of Mercury with the MERTIS spectrometer, Astronomy & Astrophysics, 674. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245343.
Xie, J., & Huang, C., (2023), On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms on Mercury: The key parameters controlling the mechanical structure of the lithosphere, Icarus, 401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115594.
Yamada, I., Terasaki, H., Urakawa, S., Kondo, T., Machida, A., et al. (2023), Sound velocity and elastic properties of Fe-Ni-S-Si liquid: the effects of pressure and multiple light elements, Physics and Chemistry of Minerals, 50, 3. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-023-01243-8.
Zhong, J., Lee, L.-C., Slavin, J. A., Zhang, H., & Wei, Y., (2023), MESSENGER Observations of Reconnection in Mercury's Magnetotail Under Strong IMF Forcing, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 128, 2. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA031134.
Zomerdijk-Russell, S., Masters, A., Korth, H., & Heyner, D. (2023), Modeling the time-dependent magnetic fields that BepiColombo will use to probe down into Mercury's mantle, Geophysical Research Letters 50, e2022GL101607. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101607.
Zomerdijk-Russell, S., Masters, A., Sun, W. J., Fear, R. C., & Slavin, J. A., (2023), Does Reconnection Only Occur at Points of Maximum Shear on Mercury's Dayside Magnetopause?, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 128, 11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2023JA031810.
2022 (as of November)
Aizawa, S., Persson, M., Menez, T., André, N., Modolo, R., Génot, V., et al., (2022), LatHyS global hybrid simulation of the BepiColombo second Venus flyby, Planetary and Space Science 218, 105499. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2022.105499.
Barker, M. K., Chabot, N. L., Mazarico, E., Siegler, M. A., Martinez-Camacho, J. M., Hamill, C. D., & Bertone, S., (2022), New constraints on the volatile deposit in Mercury’s north polar crater, Prokofiev, The Planetary Science Journal 3, 188. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac7d5a.
Biber, H., Brötzner, J., Jäggi, N., Szabo, P. S., Pichler, J., Cupak, C., et al., (2022), Sputtering Behavior of Rough, Polycrystalline Mercury Analogs, Planet. Sci. J. 3, 271. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/aca402.
Bolzan, M. J. A., Echer, E., de Souza Franco, A. M., Hajra, R., (2022), Identification of the planetary magnetosphere boundaries with the wavelet multi-resolution analysis, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics 230, 105842. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2022.105842.
Chaufray, J.-Y., Leblanc, F., Werner, A.I.E.. Modolo, R., Aizawa, S., (2022), Seasonal variations of Mg and Ca in the exosphere of Mercury, Icarus 384, 115081. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115081.
Deutsch, A. N., Colaprete, A., Heldmann, J. L., Elphic, R. C., & Cannon, K. M., (2022), Surface Roughness Variation across Polar Ice Deposit Boundaries on Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2021JE007114. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JE007114.
Dibb, S. D., Bell, J. F., Garvie, L. A. J., (2022), Spectral reflectance variations of aubrites, metal-rich meteorites, and sulfides: Implications for exploration of (16) Psyche and other “spectrally featureless” asteroids, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57, 1570–1588. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13891.
Dumberry, M., (2022), The gravity signal of Mercury’s inner core, Earth Space Sci. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022EA002344.
Franco, P., Izidoro, A., Winter, O. C, Torres, K. S., Amarante, A., (2022), Explaining Mercury via a single giant impact is highly unlikely, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 515, 5576–5586. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac2183.
Frantseva, K., Nesvorný, D., Mueller, M., van der Tak, F. F. S., ten Kate, I. L., Pokorný, P., (2022), Exogenous delivery of water to Mercury, Icarus, 114980. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.114980.
Galiano, A., Capaccioni, F., Filacchione, G., & Carli, C., (2022), Spectral identification of pyroclastic deposits on Mercury with MASCS/MESSENGER data, Icarus 388, 115233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115233.
Glass, A. N., Raines, J. M., Jia, X., Sun, W., Imber, S., Dewey, R. M., & Slavin, J. A., (2022), Observations of Mercury's Plasma Sheet Horn: Characterization and Contribution to Proton Precipitation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030969.
Giacomini, L., Galluzzi, V., Massironi, M., Ferranti, L., Palumbo, P., (2022), Geology of the Kuiper quadrangle (H06), Mercury, Journal of Maps, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2035268.
Goossens, S., Genova, A., James, P. B., Mazarico, E. (2022). Estimation of crust and lithospheric properties for Mercury from high-resolution gravity and topography, The Planetary Science Journal 3, 145. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac703f.
Goossens, S., Renaud, J. P., Henning, W. G., Mazarico, E., Bertone, S., Genova, A., (2022), Evaluation of recent measurements of Mercury’s moments of inertia and tides using a comprehensive Markov chain monte carlo method, Planetary Science Journal 3, 37. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac4bb8.
Guervilly, C., (2022), Fingering Convection in the Stably Stratified Layers of Planetary Cores, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, 11. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007350.
Hall, M. J. W., (2022), Simple precession calculation for Mercury: A linearization approach, American Journal of Physics, 90, 11. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0098846.
He, P., Xu, X., Yu, H., Wang, X., Wang, M., et al., (2022), The Mercury's Bow-shock Models Near Perihelion and Aphelion, The Astronomical Journal 164, 6. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-3881/ac9d89.
Hirata, K., Morota, T., Sugita, S., Ernst, C. M., Usui T., (2022), Magma eruption ages and fluxes in the Rembrandt and Caloris interior plains on Mercury: Implications for the north-south smooth plains asymmetry, Icarus 382, 115034. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115034.
Ippolito, A., Plainaki, C., Zimbardo, G., Alberti, T., Massetti, S., Milillo, A., Orsini, S., (2022), Reconstruction of the magnetic connection from Mercury to the solar corona during enhancements in the solar proton fluxes at Mercury, Astronomy & Astrophysics 660, A50. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202142328.
Jingchun, X., Chengli, H., Mian, Z. (2022) On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms in Mercury’s Northern Smooth Plains: A new mechanical model of the lithosphere. Icarus (in Press) doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115197.
Kallio, E., Jarvinen, R., Massetti, S., Alberti, T., Milillo, A., Orsini, S., et al., (2022), Ultra-low frequency waves in the Hermean magnetosphere: On the role of the morphology of the magnetic field and the foreshock, Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2022GL101850. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101850.
Killen, R. M., Morrissey, L. S., Burger, M. H., Vervack Jr., R., J., Tucker, O. J., Savin, D. W., (2022), The influence of surface binding energy on sputtering in models of the sodium exosphere of Mercury, The Planetary Science Journal 3, 139. https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.3847/PSJ/ac67de.
Killen, R. M., Vervack Jr., R. J., & Burger, M. H., (2022), Updated Photon Scattering Coefficients (g_values) for Mercury's Exospheric Species, The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 263, 2. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4365/ac9eab.
Kozyrev, A. S., Benkhoff, J., Litvak, M. L., Golovin, D. V., Quarati, F., & Sanin, A. B., (2022), Localization of cosmic gamma-ray bursts in interplanetary space with MGNS/BepiColombo and HEND/Mars Odyssey experiments, Planetary and Space Science 224. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2022.105594.
Lark, L. H., Parman, S., Huber, C., Parmentier, E. M., Head, J. W., (2022), Sulfides in Mercury's mantle: Implications for Mercury's interior as interpreted from moment of inertia, Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2021GL096713. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021GL096713.
Lapenta, G., Schriver, D., Walker, R. J., Berchem, J., Echterling, N. F., El Alaoui, M., Travnicek, P. (2022), Do we need to consider electrons' kinetic effects to properly model a planetary magnetosphere: The case of Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127, e2021JA030241. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA030241.
Leblanc, F., Schmidt, C., Mangano, V., Mura, A., Cremonese, G., Raines, J. M., et al., (2022), Comparative Na and K Mercury and Moon Exospheres, Space Science Reviews 218, 2. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00871-w.
Lierle, P., Schmidt, C., Baumgardner, J., Moore, L., Bida, T., Swindle, R., (2022), The Spatial Distribution and Temperature of Mercury’s Potassium Exosphere, The Planetary Science Journal 3, 87. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac5c4d.
Lindsay, S. T., Bunce, E. J., Imber, S. M., Martindale, A., Nittler, L. R., Yeoman, T. K., (2022), MESSENGER X-Ray Observations of Electron Precipitation on the Dayside of Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127, e2021JA029675. https://doi.org/10.1029/2021JA029675.
Lu, Q, et al., (2022), Three-dimensional global hybrid simulations of flux transfer event showers at Mercury, The Astrophysical Journal 937, 1. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac8bcf.
MacPherson, I., Dumberry, M., (2022), Deviation of Mercury’s spin axis from an exact Cassini state induced by dissipation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2022JE007184. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007184.
Malliband, C. C., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M. R., Conway, S. J., Pegg, D. L., & Wright, J., (2022), Geology of the Derain quadrangle (H10), Mercury, Journal of Maps. https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2022.2112774.
Manheim, M. R., Henriksen, M. R., Robinson, M. S., Kerner, H. R., Karas, B. A., Becker, K. J., et al. (2022), High-resolution regional digital elevation models and derived products from MESSENGER MDIS images, Remote Sensing 14, 3564. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14153564.
McLennan, S. M., (2022), 8 - Composition of planetary crusts and planetary differentiation, In T. K. P. Gregg, R. M. C. Lopes, S. A. Fagents (Eds.), Planetary Volcanism across the Solar System (Vol. 1, pp. 287–331). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-813987-5.00008-0.
Morrissey, L. S., Tucker, O. J., Killen, R. M., Nakhla, S., Savin, D. W., (2022), Solar wind ion sputtering of sodium from silicates using molecular dynamics calculations of surface binding energies, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 925, L6. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac42d8.
Munaretto, G., Lucchetti, A., Pajola, M., Cremonese, G., & Massironi, M., (2022), Assessing the spectrophotometric properties of Mercury’s hollows through multiangular MESSENGER/MDIS observations, Icarus 389. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115284.
Orsini, S., Milillo, A., Lichtenegger, H., Varsani, A., Barabash, S., et al., (2022), Inner southern magnetosphere observation of Mercury via SERENA ion sensors in BepiColombo mission, Nature Communications 13. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34988-x.
Pease, A., & Li, J., (2022), Liquidus determination of the Fe-S and (Fe, Ni)-S systems at 14 and 24 GPa: Implications for the Mercurian core, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 599. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117865.
Pinto, M., Sanchez-Cano, B., Moissl, R., Benkhoff, J., Cardoso, C., et al., (2022), The BepiColombo Environment Radiation Monitor, BERM, Space Science Reviews 218, 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00922-2.
Pisello, A., Ferrari, M., De Angelis, S., Vetere, F. P., Porreca, M., Stefani, S., & Perugini, D., (2022), Reflectance of silicate glasses in the mid-infrared region (MIR): Implications for planetary research, Icarus 388, 115222. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115222.
Raines, J. M., Dewey, R. M., Staudacher, N. M., Tracy, P. J., Bert, C. M., et al., (2022), Proton precipitation in Mercury’s northern magnetospheric cusp, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127, e2022JA030397. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030397.
Renggli, C. J., Klemme, S., Morlok, A., Berndt, J., Weber, I., Hiesinger, H., King, P. L., (2022), Sulfides and hollows formed on Mercury’s surface by reactions with reducing S-rich gases, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 593, 117647. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2022.117647.
Rivera-Valentín, E.G., Meyer, H.M., Taylor, P.A., Mazarico, E., Bhiravarasu, S.S., Virkki, A. K., Nolan, M. C., Chabot, N. L., Giorgini, J. D.., (2022), Arecibo S-band radar characterization of local-scale heterogeneities within Mercury’s north polar deposits, Planetary Science Journal 3, 62. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac54a0.
Rognini, E., Mura, A., Capria, M.T., Milillo, A., Zinzi, A., Galluzzi, V., (2022), Effects of Mercury surface temperature on the sodium abundance in its exosphere, Planetary and Space Science 212, 105397. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2021.105397.
Romanelli, N., DiBraccio, G. A., Slavin, J., Bowers, C., & Weber, T., (2022), The Search for Magnetotail Twisting at Mercury: Comparing MESSENGER Observations With the Terrestrial Case, Geophysical Research Letters 49, 24. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL101643.
Schmid, D., Lammer, H., Plaschke, F., Vorburger, A., Erkaev, N. V., Wurz, P., et al., (2022), Magnetic evidence for an extended hydrogen exosphere at Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2022JE007462. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007462.
Schmid, D., Narita, Y., Plaschke, F., Volwerk, M., Nakamura, R., et al., (2022), Solar-wind-dependent streamline model for Mercury's magnetosheath. A hydrodynamic magnetosheath model for Mercury, Astronomy & Astrophysics 668. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202245008.
Shi, Z., Rong, Z. J., Fatemi, S., Slavin, J. A., Klinger, L., Dong, C., et al., (2022), An eastward current encircling Mercury, Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2022GL098415. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL098415.
Speyerer, E. J., Robinson, M. S., & Sonke, A. J., (2022), Present day endogenic and exogenic activity on Mercury, Geophysical Research Letters 49, e2022GL100783. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022GL100783.
Sun, W., Slavin, J. A., Milillo, A., Dewey, R. M., Orsini, S., Jia, X., Raines, J. M., Livi, S., et al., (2022), MESSENGER observations of planetary ion enhancements at Mercury’s northern magnetospheric cusp during flux transfer event showers, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 127, e2022JA030280. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JA030280.
Tikoo, S. M., Evans, A. J., (2022), Dynamos in the Inner Solar System, Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences 50. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-earth-032320-102418.
Wang, J., Huo, Z., Zhang, L., (2022), Reconstructing Mercury's magnetic field in magnetosphere using radial basis functions, Planetary and Space Science 210, 105379. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2021.105379.
Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Xu, R., (2022), Multiple mantle sources of high-magnesium terranes on Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 127, e2022JE007218. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022JE007218.
Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Xu, R., Xiao, Z., & Cui, J., (2022), Dark spots on Mercury show no signs of weathering during 30 Earth months, Commun. Earth Environ. 3, 299. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-022-00634-z.
Werner, A. L. E., Aizawa, S., Leblanc, F., Chaufray, J. Y., Modolo, R., Raines, J. M., Exner, et al. (2022), Ion density and phase space density distribution of planetary ions Na+, O+ and He+ in Mercury’s magnetosphere, Icarus 372, 114734. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114734.
Wilbur, Z. E., Udry, A., McCubbin, F. M., vander Kaaden, K. E., DeFelice, C., Ziegler, K., Ross, D. K., et al., (2022), The effects of highly reduced magmatism revealed through aubrites, Meteoritics & Planetary Science 57, 1387-1420. https://doi.org/10.1111/maps.13823.
Wohlfarth, K., Wöhler, C., (2022), Wavelength-dependent seeing systematically changes the normalized slope of telescopic reflectance spectra of Mercury, Remote Sensing 14, 405. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs14020405.
Wurz, P., Fatemi, S., Galli, A., Halekas, J., Harada, Y., Jäggi, N., Jasinski, J., Lammer, H., et al., (2022), Particles and photons as drivers for particle release from the surfaces of the Moon and Mercury, Space Science Reviews 218, 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-022-00875-6.
Xie, J.-C., Huang, C.-L., & Zhang, M., (2022), On the formation of thrust fault-related landforms in Mercury’s Northern Smooth Plains: A new mechanical model of the lithosphere, Icarus 388, 115197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2022.115197.
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2021
Aizawa, S., Griton, L. S., Fatemi, S., Exner, W., Deca, J., Pantellini, F., Yagi, M., Heyner, D., Génot, V., André, N., Amaya, J., Murakami, G., Beigbeder, L., Gangloff, M., Bouchemit, M., Budnik, E., Usui H. (2021), Cross-comparison of global simulation models applied to Mercury’s dayside magnetosphere, Planetary and Space Science 198, 105176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2021.105176.
Barraud, O., Besse, S., Doressoundiram, A., Cornet, T., Muñoz, C., (2021), Spectral investigation of Mercury's pits' surroundings: Constraints on the planet's explosive activity, Icarus 370, 114652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114652.
Bauch, K. E., Hiesinger, H., Greenhagen, B. T., Helbert, J., (2021), Estimation of surface temperatures on Mercury in preparation of the MERTIS experiment onboard BepiColombo, Icarus 354, 114083. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114083.
Bertone, S., Mazarico, E., Barker, M. K., Goossens, S., Sabaka, T. J., Neumann, G. A., Smith, D. E., (2021), Deriving Mercury geodetic parameters with altimetric crossovers from the Mercury Laser Altimeter (MLA), Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 126, e2020JE006683. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006683.
Berrada, M., Secco, R. A., Yong, W., (2021), Adiabatic heat flow in Mercury's core from electrical resistivity measurements of liquid Fe-8.5 wt%Si to 24 GPa, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 568, 117053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117053.
Byrne, P. K., Blewett, D. T., Chabot, N. L. et al., (2021), The case for landed Mercury science, Experimental Astronomy. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10686-021-09788-8.
Cassidy, T. A., Schmidt, C. A. , Merkel, A. W. , Jasinski, J. M., Burger, M. H., (2021), Detection of large exospheric enhancements at Mercury due to meteoroid impacts, Planetary Science Journal 2, 175. https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ac1a19.
Clement, M. S., Raymond, S. N., Chambers, J. E., (2021), Mercury as the relic of Earth and Venus outward migration, The Astrophysical Journal Letters 923, L16. https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac3e6d
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2020
Barraud, O., Doressoundiram, A., Besse, S., Sunshine, J. M. (2020). Near-Ultraviolet to Near-Infrared Spectral Properties of Hollows on Mercury: Implications for Origin and Formation Process. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125, e2020JE006497. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006497.
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Dewey, R. M., Slavin, J. A., Raines, J. M., Azari, A. R., & Sun, W., (2020), MESSENGER observations of flow braking and flux pileup of dipolarizations in Mercury’s magnetotail: Evidence for current wedge formation, Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 125, e2020JA028112. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JA028112.
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Rothery, D.A., Massironi, M., Alemanno, G., et al., (2020), Rationale for BepiColombo studies of Mercury’s surface and composition, Space Science Reviews 216, 66. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7.
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Wang, Y., Xiao, Z., Chang, Y., Cui, J., (2020), Lost Volatiles During the Formation of Hollows on Mercury, Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets 125, e2020JE006559. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JE006559.
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