Mercury’s Weather-Beaten Surface: Understanding Mercury in the Context of Lunar and Asteroidal Space Weathering Studies

A newly-identified spectral reflectance signature near the lunar South pole and the South Pole-Aitken Basin

(2014) Faith Vilas et al.   EARTH PLANETS AND SPACE

Djerfisherite: nebular source of refractory potassium

(2013) Denton S. Ebel et al.   CONTRIBUTIONS TO MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY

Visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra of thermally processed synthetic sulfides as a potential analog for the hollow forming materials on Mercury

(2013) Jörn Helbert et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Enhanced sodium abundance in Mercury’s north polar region revealed by the MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer

(2013) Patrick N. Peplowski et al.   ICARUS

The low-iron, reduced surface of Mercury as seen in spectral reflectance by MESSENGER

(2013) Noam R. Izenberg et al.   ICARUS

Space weathered rims found on the surfaces of the Itokawa dust particles

(2013) Takaaki Noguchi et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Global resurfacing of Mercury 4.0–4.1 billion years ago by heavy bombardment and volcanism

(2013) Simone Marchi et al.   NATURE

The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury

(2013) Brett W. Denevi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Mercury's magnetopause and bow shock from MESSENGER Magnetometer observations

(2013) Reka M. Winslow et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS

Space weathering of Vesta and V-type asteroids: new irradiation experiments on HED meteorites

(2012) D. Fulvio et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

The onset of the lunar cataclysm as recorded in its ancient crater populations

(2012) Simone Marchi et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

A sawtooth-like timeline for the first billion years of lunar bombardment

(2012) A. Morbidelli et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Is Mercury a volatile-rich planet?

(2012) Francis M. McCubbin et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Observations of Mercury's northern cusp region with MESSENGER's Magnetometer

(2012) Reka M. Winslow et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Geodetic constraints on San Francisco Bay Area fault slip rates and potential seismogenic asperities on the partially creeping Hayward fault

(2012) Eileen L. Evans et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

MESSENGER detection of electron-induced X-ray fluorescence from Mercury's surface

(2012) Richard D. Starr et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Magnesium-rich crustal compositions on Mercury: Implications for magmatism from petrologic modeling

(2012) Karen R. Stockstill-Cahill et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

The lunar far-UV albedo: Indicator of hydration and weathering

(2012) Amanda R. Hendrix et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Chemical heterogeneity on Mercury's surface revealed by the MESSENGER X-Ray Spectrometer

(2012) Shoshana Z. Weider et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Distinctive space weathering on Vesta from regolith mixing processes

(2012) C. M. Pieters et al.   NATURE

Dark material on Vesta from the infall of carbonaceous volatile-rich material

(2012) T. B. McCord et al.   NATURE

An Archaean heavy bombardment from a destabilized extension of the asteroid belt

(2012) William F. Bottke et al.   NATURE

Bright and Dark Polar Deposits on Mercury: Evidence for Surface Volatiles

(2012) G. A. Neumann et al.   SCIENCE

Thermal Stability of Volatiles in the North Polar Region of Mercury

(2012) D. A. Paige et al.   SCIENCE

Evidence for Water Ice Near Mercury's North Pole from MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer Measurements

(2012) D. J. Lawrence et al.   SCIENCE

Elemental Mapping by Dawn Reveals Exogenic H in Vesta's Regolith

(2012) T. H. Prettyman et al.   SCIENCE

Spectroscopic Characterization of Mineralogy and Its Diversity Across Vesta

(2012) M. C. De Sanctis et al.   SCIENCE

Mercury's hollows: Constraints on formation and composition from analysis of geological setting and spectral reflectance

(2012) David T. Blewett et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-PLANETS

Quasi-trapped ion and electron populations at Mercury

(2011) David Schriver et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The optical effects of small iron particles that darken but do not redden: Evidence of intense space weathering on Mercury

(2011) Paul G. Lucey et al.   ICARUS

Electron-stimulated desorption of silicates: A potential source for ions in Mercury's space environment

(2011) Jason L. McLain et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Sources and physical processes responsible for OH/H2O in the lunar soil as revealed by the Moon Mineralogy Mapper (M3)

(2011) T. B. McCord et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Evidence of space weathering in regolith breccias II: Asteroidal regolith breccias

(2011) Sarah K. NOBLE et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Did the Hilda collisional family form during the late heavy bombardment?

(2011) M. Brož et al.   MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY

Equilibrium condensation from chondritic porous IDP enriched vapor: Implications for Mercury and enstatite chondrite origins

(2011) D.S. Ebel et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Analysis of MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer data from the Mercury flybys

(2011) Edgar A. Rhodes et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Observations of suprathermal electrons in Mercury's magnetosphere during the three MESSENGER flybys

(2011) George C. Ho et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Mercury's spectrophotometric properties: Update from the Mercury Dual Imaging System observations during the third MESSENGER flyby

(2011) Deborah L. Domingue et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Limits to Mercury's magnesium exosphere from MESSENGER second flyby observations

(2011) Menelaos Sarantos et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Electron transport and precipitation at Mercury during the MESSENGER flybys: Implications for electron-stimulated desorption

(2011) David Schriver et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

The global distribution of pyroclastic deposits on Mercury: The view from MESSENGER flybys 1–3

(2011) Laura Kerber et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

MESSENGER Observations of Transient Bursts of Energetic Electrons in Mercury's Magnetosphere

(2011) G. C. Ho et al.   SCIENCE

The Global Magnetic Field of Mercury from MESSENGER Orbital Observations

(2011) B. J. Anderson et al.   SCIENCE

MESSENGER Observations of the Spatial Distribution of Planetary Ions Near Mercury

(2011) T. H. Zurbuchen et al.   SCIENCE

Radioactive Elements on Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the Planet's Formation and Evolution

(2011) P. N. Peplowski et al.   SCIENCE

The Major-Element Composition of Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry

(2011) L. R. Nittler et al.   SCIENCE

Incipient Space Weathering Observed on the Surface of Itokawa Dust Particles

(2011) T. Noguchi et al.   SCIENCE

Estimate of the neutral atoms' contribution to the Mercury exosphere caused by a new flux of micrometeoroids

(2010) P. Borin et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

LUNAR DUST GRAIN CHARGING BY ELECTRON IMPACT: COMPLEX ROLE OF SECONDARY ELECTRON EMISSIONS IN SPACE ENVIRONMENTS

(2010) M. M. Abbas et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

COMETARY ORIGIN OF THE ZODIACAL CLOUD AND CARBONACEOUS MICROMETEORITES. IMPLICATIONS FOR HOT DEBRIS DISKS

(2010) David Nesvorný et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

COMPRESSION ACCELERATION IN ASTROPHYSICAL PLASMAS AND THE PRODUCTION OFf(v) ∝v–5SPECTRA IN THE HELIOSPHERE

(2010) J. R. Jokipii et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

ON THEORIES FOR STOCHASTIC ACCELERATION IN THE SOLAR WIND

(2010) L. A. Fisk et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

FORMATION AND ACCELERATION OF NANO DUST IN THE INNER HELIOSPHERE

(2010) A. Czechowski et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

RECORD-SETTING COSMIC-RAY INTENSITIES IN 2009 AND 2010

(2010) R. A. Mewaldt et al.   Astrophysical Journal Letters

MESSENGER observations of large flux transfer events at Mercury

(2010) James A. Slavin et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Oxygen flux in the solar wind: Ulysses observations

(2010) Rudolf von Steiger et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Whole-disk spectrophotometric properties of Mercury: Synthesis of MESSENGER and ground-based observations

(2010) Deborah L. Domingue et al.   ICARUS

Constraints on Mercury’s surface composition from MESSENGER and ground-based spectroscopy

(2010) J. Warell et al.   ICARUS

The apparent lack of lunar-like swirls on Mercury: Implications for the formation of lunar swirls and for the agent of space weathering

(2010) David T. Blewett et al.   ICARUS

Scaling forces to asteroid surfaces: The role of cohesion

(2010) D.J. Scheeres et al.   ICARUS

Mercury’s magnetosphere–solar wind interaction for northward and southward interplanetary magnetic field: Hybrid simulation results

(2010) Pavel M. Trávníček et al.   ICARUS

Monte Carlo modeling of sodium in Mercury’s exosphere during the first two MESSENGER flybys

(2010) Matthew H. Burger et al.   ICARUS

Identification and measurement of neutron-absorbing elements on Mercury’s surface

(2010) David J. Lawrence et al.   ICARUS

Spectral properties, magnetic fields, and dust transport at lunar swirls

(2010) Ian Garrick-Bethell et al.   ICARUS

Constraints on Mercury’s Na exosphere: Combined MESSENGER and ground-based data

(2010) Nelly Mouawad et al.   ICARUS

On pressure measurement and seasonal pressure variations during the Phoenix mission

(2010) Peter A. Taylor et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Mercurian impact ejecta: Meteorites and mantle

(2010) Brett GLADMAN et al.   METEORITICS & PLANETARY SCIENCE

Self-consistent modelling of Mercury’s exosphere by sputtering, micro-meteorite impact and photon-stimulated desorption

(2010) P. Wurz et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Dust in the interplanetary medium

(2010) Ingrid Mann et al.   PLASMA PHYSICS AND CONTROLLED FUSION

LRO-LAMP Observations of the LCROSS Impact Plume

(2010) G. R. Gladstone et al.   SCIENCE

MESSENGER Observations of Extreme Loading and Unloading of Mercury's Magnetic Tail

(2010) J. A. Slavin et al.   SCIENCE

A NEW CHRONOLOGY FOR THE MOON AND MERCURY

(2009) Simone Marchi et al.   ASTRONOMICAL JOURNAL

Statistical analysis of micrometeoroids flux on Mercury

(2009) P. Borin et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Mercury's internal magnetic field: Constraints on large- and small-scale fields of crustal origin

(2009) Michael E. Purucker et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Compositions of Mercury's earliest crust from magma ocean models

(2009) Stephanie M. Brown et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The tectonics of Mercury: The view after MESSENGER's first flyby

(2009) Thomas R. Watters et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the first MESSENGER flyby for extrusive and explosive activity and the volcanic origin of plains

(2009) James W. Head et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Explosive volcanic eruptions on Mercury: Eruption conditions, magma volatile content, and implications for interior volatile abundances

(2009) Laura Kerber et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Multispectral images of Mercury from the first MESSENGER flyby: Analysis of global and regional color trends

(2009) David T. Blewett et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

The emissivity of a fine-grained labradorite sample at typical Mercury dayside temperatures

(2009) Jörn Helbert et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Kinetic instabilities in Mercury's magnetosphere: Three-dimensional simulation results

(2009) Pavel M. Trávníček et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Nature of opaque components on Mercury: Insights into a Mercurian magma ocean

(2009) M. A. Riner et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Modeling of the magnetosphere of Mercury at the time of the first MESSENGER flyby

(2009) Mehdi Benna et al.   ICARUS

Space environment of Mercury at the time of the first MESSENGER flyby: Solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field modeling of upstream conditions

(2009) Daniel N. Baker et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Irradiation of olivine by 4 keV He+: Simulation of space weathering by the solar wind

(2009) M. J. Loeffler et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Solar wind as the origin of rapid reddening of asteroid surfaces

(2009) P. Vernazza et al.   NATURE

Chemical sputtering of Be due to D bombardment

(2009) C Björkas et al.   NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS

Spectral emissivity measurements of Mercury's surface indicate Mg- and Ca-rich mineralogy, K-spar, Na-rich plagioclase, rutile, with possible perovskite, and garnet

(2009) A.L. Sprague et al.   PLANETARY AND SPACE SCIENCE

Character and Spatial Distribution of OH/H2O on the Surface of the Moon Seen by M3 on Chandrayaan-1

(2009) C. M. Pieters et al.   SCIENCE

Temporal and Spatial Variability of Lunar Hydration As Observed by the Deep Impact Spacecraft

(2009) J. M. Sunshine et al.   SCIENCE

Detection of Adsorbed Water and Hydroxyl on the Moon

(2009) R. N. Clark   SCIENCE

MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in Mercury's Magnetosphere

(2009) J. A. Slavin et al.   SCIENCE

The Magnetic Field of Mercury

(2009) Brian J. Anderson et al.   SPACE SCIENCE REVIEWS

Chemical and morphological evolution of a silicate surface under low-energy ion irradiation

(2008) C. Davoisne et al.   ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Acceleration of Suprathermal Tails in the Solar Wind

(2008) L. A. Fisk et al.   ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Influence of plasma ions on source rates for the lunar exosphere during passage through the Earth's magnetosphere

(2008) Menelaos Sarantos et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Redetermination of the space weathering rate using spectra of Iannini asteroid family members

(2008) Mark Willman et al.   ICARUS

Laboratory simulations of redeposition of impact ejecta on mineral surfaces

(2008) M LOEFFLER et al.   ICARUS

Mercury's albedo from Mariner 10: Implications for the presence of ferrous iron

(2008) B DENEVI et al.   ICARUS

Impacts as sources of the exosphere on Mercury

(2008) Alexey A. Berezhnoy et al.   ICARUS

Laboratory simulations of sulfur depletion at Eros

(2008) M.J. Loeffler et al.   ICARUS

Did Saturn's rings form during the Late Heavy Bombardment?

(2008) Sébastien Charnoz et al.   ICARUS

Spectroscopic Observations of Mercury's Surface Reflectance During MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby

(2008) W. E. McClintock et al.   SCIENCE

The Structure of Mercury's Magnetic Field from MESSENGER's First Flyby

(2008) B. J. Anderson et al.   SCIENCE

Mercury's Magnetosphere After MESSENGER's First Flyby

(2008) J. A. Slavin et al.   SCIENCE

Volcanism on Mercury: Evidence from the First MESSENGER Flyby

(2008) J. W. Head et al.   SCIENCE

Geology of the Caloris Basin, Mercury: A View from MESSENGER

(2008) S. L. Murchie et al.   SCIENCE

Reflectance and Color Variations on Mercury: Regolith Processes and Compositional Heterogeneity

(2008) M. S. Robinson et al.   SCIENCE

Return to Mercury: A Global Perspective on MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby

(2008) S. C. Solomon et al.   SCIENCE