Browsing Geophysik, Extraterrestische Forschung by Subject "field-aligned currents"
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Influence of Mercury's Exosphere on the Structure of the Magnetosphere
; ; ; (Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2020)
Mercury is embedded in a tenuous and highly anisotropic sodium exosphere, generated mainly by plasma-surface interactions. The absolute values of the sodium ion density are still under debate. Observations by MESSENGER's ...