ISSN:
1476-4687
Source:
Nature Archives 1869 - 2009
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
Notes:
[Auszug] The atmosphere of Mercury, as deduced from Mariner 10 data, is very tenuous, with an upper limit4 for the surface gas density on the day side of ~106 cm"3. With such a low surface density, Mercury's atmosphere is an exosphere, as gas atoms and molecules travel in primarily ballistic trajectories ...
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/323696a0
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