A transient enhancement of Mercury’s exosphere at extremely high altitudes inferred from pickup ions

A transient enhancement of Mercury’s exosphere at extremely high altitudes inferred from pickup ions

Mercury has a global dayside exosphere, with measured densities of 10 −2  cm −3 at ~1500 km. Here we report on the inferred enhancement of neutral densities (

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Veröffentlicht in:Nature communications 2020-09, Vol.11 (1), p.4350-4350, Article 4350
Hauptverfasser: Jasinski, Jamie M., Regoli, Leonardo H., Cassidy, Timothy A., Dewey, Ryan M., Raines, Jim M., Slavin, James A., Coates, Andrew J., Gershman, Daniel J., Nordheim, Tom A., Murphy, Neil
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Zusammenfassung:Mercury has a global dayside exosphere, with measured densities of 10 −2  cm −3 at ~1500 km. Here we report on the inferred enhancement of neutral densities (
ISSN:2041-1723
2041-1723
DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-18220-2