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Mercury [electronic resource] / by T.J. Mahoney.

By: Mahoney, T.J [author.].
Contributor(s): SpringerLink (Online service).
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XXXV, 328 p. 144 illus., 108 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781461479512.Subject(s): Physics | Astronomy | Astrophysics | Physics | Astronomy, Observations and Techniques | Astrophysics and Astroparticles | Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology | Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences | Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity TheoryDDC classification: 520 Online resources: Click here to access online
Contents:
List of Maps -- Foreword -- Preface to the Series -- Preface to Volume I, Part I -- Acknowledgements -- How to Use this Gazetteer -- Pronunciation Guide -- Abbreviations Used in the Gazetteer -- Mercury: An Overview -- Glossary of Terms Used in the Gazetteer.-Gazetteer of Mercury -- Classified Index of Surface Features on Mercury -- Atlas of Mercury -- Appendix 1: IAU Mercury Nomenclature -- Appendix 2: Key to Transcriptions of Non-roman Alphabets -- Appendix 3: Mercury Data -- Appendix 4: Mercury Transits -- Appendix 5: Mercury Timeline -- Bibliography. .
In: Springer eBooksSummary: This gazetteer and atlas on Mercury lists, defines and illustrates every named (as opposed to merely catalogued) object and term as related to Mercury within a single reference work. It contains a glossary of terminology used, an index of all the headwords in the gazetteer, an atlas comprising maps and images with coordinate grids and labels identifying features listed in the gazetteer, and appendix material on the IAU nomenclature system and the transcription systems used for non-roman alphabets. This book is useful for the general reader, writers and editors dealing with astronomical themes, and those astronomers concerned with any aspect of astronomical nomenclature.
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List of Maps -- Foreword -- Preface to the Series -- Preface to Volume I, Part I -- Acknowledgements -- How to Use this Gazetteer -- Pronunciation Guide -- Abbreviations Used in the Gazetteer -- Mercury: An Overview -- Glossary of Terms Used in the Gazetteer.-Gazetteer of Mercury -- Classified Index of Surface Features on Mercury -- Atlas of Mercury -- Appendix 1: IAU Mercury Nomenclature -- Appendix 2: Key to Transcriptions of Non-roman Alphabets -- Appendix 3: Mercury Data -- Appendix 4: Mercury Transits -- Appendix 5: Mercury Timeline -- Bibliography. .

This gazetteer and atlas on Mercury lists, defines and illustrates every named (as opposed to merely catalogued) object and term as related to Mercury within a single reference work. It contains a glossary of terminology used, an index of all the headwords in the gazetteer, an atlas comprising maps and images with coordinate grids and labels identifying features listed in the gazetteer, and appendix material on the IAU nomenclature system and the transcription systems used for non-roman alphabets. This book is useful for the general reader, writers and editors dealing with astronomical themes, and those astronomers concerned with any aspect of astronomical nomenclature.

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