Mercury: Anomalous Absence from the 3.4-Millimeter Radio Emission of Variation with Phase

28 January 1966

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Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science

Vol. 151 (3709) , 445-447
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.151.3709.445

Abstract

Radio observations of Mercury at 3.4 millimeters from July to October 1965 showed, contrary to expectation, brightness temperatures of only about 200 degrees K, even when major fractions of Mercury's illuminated hemisphere were observed. There was no significant variation with phase.

Keywords

BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE

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