MESSENGER Contributions to the 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
10-14 March 2008
Houston, Texas

All abstracts for the conference are available for download by visiting this program index of the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

• Anderson, B. J., M. H. Acuña, J. A. Slavin, H. Korth, M. E. Purucker, M. Benna, C. L. Johnson, D. Schriver, S. A. Boardsen, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, The magnetic field of Mercury: Insights after the first MESSENGER flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1393, 2008.


• Bradley, E. T., W. E. McClintock, N. R. Izenberg, R. M. Killen, R. J. Vervack, Jr., A. L. Sprague, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, and N. Mouawad, Mercury atmospheric and surface composition spectrometer observations of the tail-region exospheric species of Mercury during the first MESSENGER flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1432, 2008.


• Chapman, C. R., D. T. Blewett, J. W. Head, W. J. Merline, M. S. Robinson, R. G. Strom, and T. R. Watters, Processes of formation and degradation of impact craters inferred from MESSENGER’s first flyby of Mercury, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1121, 2008.


• Domingue, D. L., B. W. Denevi, G. M. Holsclaw, N. R. Izenberg, H. K. Kang, N. R. Laslo, W. E. McClintock, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, M. S. Robinson, and R. M Vaughan, Color photometry of Mercury’s surface based on MESSENGER’s first Mercury encounter, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1298, 2008.


• Head, J. W., C. R. Chapman, D. L. Domingue, S. E. Hawkins, III, W. E. McClintock, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, M. S. Robinson, R. G. Strom, T. R. Watters, D. T. Blewett, J. J. Gillis-Davis, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, Origin of plains on Mercury: Insights from MESSENGER’s first Mercury flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 2161, 2008.


• Holsclaw, G. M., W. E. McClintock, M. S. Robinson, D. T. Blewett, D. L. Domingue, J. Gillis-Davis, N. R. Izenberg, E. A. Jensen, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, S. L. Murchie, A. L. Sprague, F. Vilas, and the MESSENGER Team, Integration of surface spectra and multispectral imaging during the first MESSENGER flyby of Mercury, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1339, 2008.


• Izenberg, N. R., W. E. McClintock, G. M. Holsclaw, D. T. Blewett, D. L. Domingue, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, E. Jensen, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, S. L. Murchie, S. C. Solomon, A. L. Sprague, F. Vilas, and the MESSENGER Team, High-spatial-resolution visible to near-infrared reflectance of Mercury’s surface obtained during the first MESSENGER flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1276, 2008.


• Killen, R. M., W. E. McClintock, A. E. Potter, E. T. Bradley, N. R. Izenberg, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, N. Mouawad, A. L. Sprague, and R. J. Vervack, Comparison of ground-based sodium observations to measurements of Mercury’s exosphere with the MESSENGER Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrometer during the first Mercury flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1452, 2008.


• McClintock, W. E., E. T. Bradley, N. R. Izenberg, R. M. Killen, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, N. Mouawad, A. L. Sprague, and R. J. Vervack, Jr., Observations of Mercury’s exosphere by the Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer during the first Mercury flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1353, 2008.


• McClintock, W. E., G. M. Holsclaw, M. S. Robinson, D. T. Blewett, D. L. Domingue, J. W. Head, N. R. Izenberg, E. A. Jensen, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, S. L. Murchie, A. L. Sprague, and F. Vilas, Spectroscopic observations of Mercury’s surface by the Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer during the first MESSENGER flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1330, 2008.


• McNutt, R. L., G. C. Ho, S. M. Krimigis, G. B. Andrews, D. N. Baker, R. E. Gold, S. A. Livi, B. H. Mauk, J. A. Slavin, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, Energetic particle measurements in Mercury’s magnetosphere: First results from MESSENGER, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1192, 2008.


• Murchie, S. L., L. M. Prockter, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Laslo, H. K. Kang, S. E. Hawkins, III, A. P. Harch, R. M. Vaughan, D. T. Blewett, J. W. Head, T. R. Watters, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, MESSENGER observations of the Caloris basin, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1421, 2008.


• Nittler, L. R., L. G. Evans, T. J. McCoy, A. L. Sprague, W. V. Boynton, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, J. O. Goldsten, E. A. Rhodes, C. E. Schlemm II, S. C. Solomon, and R. D. Starr, X-ray and gamma-ray spectrometer observations of the elemental composition of the equatorial region of Mercury: Testing formation models, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1205, 2008.


• Prockter, L. M., S. M. Murchie, M. S. Robinson, N. R. Laslo, H. K. Kang, S. E. Hawkins, III, A. P. Harch, R. M. Vaughan, D. T. Blewett, J. W. Head, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, MESSENGER imaging of regions of Mercury not seen by Mariner 10, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1211, 2008.


• Robinson, M. S., C. R. Chapman, D. L. Domingue, S. E. Hawkins, J. W. Head, G. M. Holsclaw, W. E. McClintock, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, R. G. Strom, T. R. Watters, D. T. Blewett, J. J. Gillis-Davis, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, Mercury color and albedo: New insights from MESSENGER, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1187, 2008.


• Smith, D. E., M. T. Zuber, R. J. Phillips, S. C. Solomon, S. J. Peale, J.-L. Margot, F. G. Lemoine, G. A. Neumann, M. E. Perry, D. K. Srinivasan, M. H. Torrence, and S. A. Hauck, II, Mercury gravity observations during the MESSENGER flyby of January 2008, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1285, 2008.


• Solomon, S. C., R. L. McNutt, Jr., P. D. Bedini, E. J. Finnegan, D. G. Grant, and the MESSENGER Team, The return to Mercury: An overview of MESSENGER’s first Mercury flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1712, 2008.


• Strom, R. G., M. E. Banks, C. R. Chapman, D. L. Domingue, S. E. Hawkins III, J. W. Head, W. E. McClintock, W. J. Merline, S. L. Murchie, L. M. Prockter, M. S. Robinson, T. R. Watters, D. T. Blewett, J. J. Gillis-Davis, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team, The size distribution of impact craters on Mercury: A perspective after the first MESSENGER flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1219, 2008


• Vervack, R. J., Jr., W. E. McClintock, E. T. Bradley, N. R. Izenberg, R. M. Killen, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, N. Mouawad, and A. L. Sprague, Observations of H Lyman alpha by the Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer during MESSENGER’s first Mercury flyby and comparison to Mariner 10 measurements, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1710, 2008.


• Vilas, F., A. L. Sprague, N. R. Izenberg, W. E. McClintock, D. L. Domingue, G. M. Holsclaw, E. T. Bradley, D. T. Blewett, M. S. Robinson, M. C. Kochte, M. R. Lankton, S. L. Murchie, K. L. Donaldson Hanna, and E. A. Jensen, Ultraviolet reflectance spectra of Mercury’s surface acquired with the Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrometer during the first MESSENGER flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1212, 2008.


• Watters, T. R., S. C. Solomon, M. S. Robinson, L. M. Prockter, R. G. Strom, J. W. Head, C. R. Chapman, S. L. Murchie, and the MESSENGER Team, The tectonics of Mercury: A new view from MESSENGER, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1300, 2008.


• Zuber, M. T., D. E. Smith, S. C. Solomon, R. J. Phillips, J. W. Head, J. Oberst, S. J. Peale, C. L. Johnson, G. A. Neumann, F. G. Lemoine, X. Sun, O. Barnouin-Jha, and J. K. Harmon, Laser altimeter observations from MESSENGER’s first Mercury flyby, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1223, 2008.


• Zurbuchen, T. H., J. M. Raines, G. Gloeckler, K. Kabin, S. M. Krimigis, G. B. Andrews, J. A. Slavin, P. L. Koehn, and the MESSENGER Team, First ion plasma measurements in the Mercury magnetosphere, Lunar and Planetary Science, XXXIX, abstract 1383, 2008.