Gamma-Ray Detector Unlocks Secrets of Mercury's Surface

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Channel: Inside Science · 2012 · Science & Technology

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Livermore's gamma-ray spectrometer is helping determine the elemental and mineral composition of Mercury's radioactive surface.  More information on story http://www.insidescience.org/?q=content/unlocking-secrets-mercurys-surface/511.

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