Wanted: Meteorites from Mercury

[David Entwistle]

Sky & Telescope have an article, by Kelly Beatty, discussing the probability of meteorites reaching the Earth's surface from the planet Mercury.

During a recent science conference discussing Messenger's results from Mercury, investigator Shoshana Weider (Carnegie Institution of Washington) commented, "Short of landing on the surface, picking up a rock, and bringing it home, the instruments on Messenger that characterize chemistry are the best we're going to get."