Rasool et al. 1966

Rasool, S.I., S.H. Gross, and W.E. McGovern, 1966: The atmosphere of Mercury. Space Sci. Rev., 5, 565-584, doi:10.1007/BF00167326.

It is the purpose of this paper to review the available information on the temperature, composition, and surface pressure of Mercury's atmosphere, and to discuss the implications of a non-synchronous rotation of the planet on the atmosphere. We construct several models for the atmosphere which are consistent with the observations in an attempt to determine if they are stable against depletion of the atmosphere by gravtiational escape. The results are discusssed from the standpoint of the origin of the atmosphere.

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Rasool, S.I., Gross, S.H., and McGovern, W.E.: The atmosphere of Mercury, Space Sci. Rev., 5, 565-584, doi:10.1007/BF00167326, 1966.

Rasool, S.I., S.H. Gross, and W.E. McGovern (1966), The atmosphere of Mercury, Space Sci. Rev., 5, 565-584, doi:10.1007/BF00167326.

Rasool, S.I., S.H. Gross, and W.E. McGovern, 1966: The atmosphere of Mercury. Space Sci. Rev., 5, 565-584, doi:10.1007/BF00167326.

Rasool, S.I., Gross, S.H., & McGovern, W.E. 1966, Space Sci. Rev., 5, 565, doi:10.1007/BF00167326.

Rasool SI, Gross SH, McGovern WE. The atmosphere of Mercury, Space Sci Rev 1966;5:565-584. doi:10.1007/BF00167326.

S.I. Rasool, S.H. Gross, W.E. McGovern, Space Sci. Rev. 5, 565-584, doi:10.1007/BF00167326 (1966).