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Surface-Exosphere-Magnetosphere System Of Mercury
Mercury is a poorly known planet, since the only space-based information comes from the three fly-bys performed in 1974 by the Mariner 10 spacecraft....
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The structure of mercury’s regolith from photometric data
The integral photometric properties of Mercury and the Moon were studied, and the similarities in the reflectance characteristics of small surface...
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The structure of mercury’s regolith from photometric data
The integral photometric properties of Mercury and the Moon were studied, and the similarities in the reflectance characteristics of small surface...
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The Confrontation between General Relativity and Experiment
The status of experimental tests of general relativity and of theoretical frameworks for analyzing them is reviewed. Einstein’s equivalence principle...
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The value of statistical laws in physics and social sciences
The deterministic conception of nature implies in itself a real cause of weakness in the irremediable contradiction that it faces with the most...
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Long-range coherence of the radar field scattered by a rotating mercury
We consider the spatial-temporal properties of the speckle patterns formed when coherent radio waves are scattered by planets. At a speckle diameter...
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Long-range coherence of the radar field scattered by a rotating mercury
We consider the spatial-temporal properties of the speckle patterns formed when coherent radio waves are scattered by planets. At a speckle diameter...
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Solar System Magnetospheres
This article proposes a short review of our present knowledge of solar system magnetospheres, with the purpose of placing the study of Saturn’s...
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Theoretical Explanations in Mathematical Physics
Many physicists wonder at the usefulness of mathematics in physics. According Madrid to Einstein mathematics is admirably appropriate to the objects...
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The Spin-Orbit Resonant Rotation of Mercury: A Two Degree of Freedom Hamiltonian Model
The paper develops a hamiltonian formulation describing the coupled orbital and spin motions of a rigid Mercury rotation about its axis of maximum...
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The development of nonlinear science
Research activities in nonlinear science over the past three centuries are reviewed, paying particular attention to the explosive growth of interest...
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35 Years of Testing Relativistic Gravity: Where Do We Go from Here?
This paper addresses the motivation, technology and recent results in the tests of the general theory of relativity in the solar system. We...
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Space Weathering on Mercury: Implications for Remote Sensing
By applying our understanding of lunar space weathering processes, we can predict how space weathering will effect the soil properties on Mercury. In...