Sources for Mercury:

Asimov, Isaac. Nearest the Sun: the Planet Mercury Gareth Stevens 
Publishing: Milwaukee. 1995.

"Mariner 10" NSSDC Master Catalog Display: Spacecraft. Online. 13 April 1999. 
Visited on 7 August 2000. http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/tmp/1973-085A.html 

McManus, Jason, Ed. The Near Planets. Richmond, Virginia, Time-Life 
Books Inc, 1989. 

McNab, David, and James Younger. The Planets. New Haven and London: 
Yale University Press, 1999.

"Mercury Fact Sheet," National Space Science Data Center. Online. 27 November 
1998. visited on 8 August 1999. 
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/mercuryfact.html 

Kaufmann III, William J. and Roger A. Freedman. Universe, Fifth Edition. 
W.H. Freeman and Company: New York. 1999. pgs. 244-252

Spinrad, Hyron. "Mercury [Planet]." World Book Multimedia Encyclopedia.

Vilas, Faith. The New Solar System. Ed. J. Kelly Beatty, Carolyn Collins 
Peterson, Andrew Chaikin. Cambridge, Massachussets: Cambridge University 
Press, 1999.


Williams, Dr. David R., ed. "Ice on Mercury," written on 09 March 1998, 
visited on 07 August 1999. 
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/ice/ice_mercury.html

1)Mercury radar imaging: Evidence for polar ice, Slade et al., Science, 
v. 258, p. 635, 1992
2) Radar mapping of Mercury: Full-disk images and polar anomalies, Harmon and 
Slade, Science, v. 258, p. 640, 1992
3) Radar mapping of Mercury's polar anomalies, Harmon et al., Nature, v. 369, 
p. 213, 1994
4) Stability of polar frosts in spherical bowl-shaped craters on the Moon, 
Mercury, and Mars, Ingersoll et al., Icarus, v. 100, p. 40, 1992
5) The thermal stability of water ice at the poles of Mercury, Paige et al., 
Science, v. 258, p. 643, 1992
6) Mercury: Full-disk radar images and the detection and stability of ice 
at the north pole, Butler et al., Journal of Geophysical Research, v. 98, 
p. 15,003, 1993
7) Near-surface ice on Mercury and the Moon: A topographic thermal model, 
Salvail and Finale, Icarus, v. 111, p. 441, 1994

Photo Credits for Mercury:

Mercury : Courtesy of NASA/JPL/CalTech   
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/PIAGenPlanetPage.pl?Mercury 

Mercury Globe 1: Mosaic of Mercury taken by Mariner 10 spacecraft  
on its approach on 29 March 1974. Courtesy of NASA/NSSDC (mercuryglobe1.jpg)

Mercury Globe 2: Mosaic of Mercury also taken by Mariner 10 spacecraft 
taken when retreating Mercury instead of approaching it. Courtesy of NASA/NSSDC. 
(mercuryglobe2.jpg).

Mercury Kuiper Crater: (PIA02411.jpg) Picture of the Kuiper Crater, 
taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. NASA ID #: PIA02411. 
http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/PIAGenCatalog/page.pl?PIA02411 
Courtesy of JPL/NASA. 

Mercury South Pole: (PIA02415.jpg) Picture of the south pole of Mercury. 
Taken by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. NASA ID#: PIA02415. same site as above. 

Solar transit of Mercury: (tr2136.jpg) Picture of solar observer showing 
the Mercury in solar transit. Taken by the 150-foot Solar Tower at Mt. Wilson 
Observatory, division of Astronomy and Astrophysics at UCLA. 
http://www.astro.ucla.edu/`obs/intro.html 

Arecibo Telescope: (parkr2.jpg) Picture of the Arecibo telescope in Puerto 
Rico. Taken by David Parker / Science Photo Library. Courtesy of NALC - 
Arecibo Observatory a facility of the NSF. 

Choa Meng-Fu Crater: (m10_choamengfu.gif) Picture of the Choa Meng-fu crater. 
Courtesy of NSSDC/NASA. 

Mercury Elongations: drawn by Margaret Hsu. written permission must be 
obtained to use anywhere else.

Mercury Orbit: also drawn by Margaret Hsu. written permission must be 
obtained to use anywhere else.

Mariner 10: (mariner 10.gif) An artist's conception of the Mariner 10. 
Courtesy of NSSDC/NASA.

Atlas Centaur lifting off: (m1002.gif) Picture of the Atlas Centaur lifting 
off with the Mariner 10 on board. Courtesy of JPL/CalTech/NASA. 
http://pds.jpl.nasa.gov/planets/welcome/m10.htm