MESSENGER Observations of Extreme Loading and Unloading of Mercury's Magnetic Tail

During MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury, a series of 2-3 minute long enhancements of the magnetic field in the planet's magnetotail were observed. Magnetospheric substorms at Earth are powered by similar tail loading, but the amplitude is approximately 10 times less and the durations are...

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Hauptverfasser:	Slavin, James A., Anderson, Brian J., Baker, Daniel N., Benna, Mehdi, Boardsen, Scott A., Gloeckler, George, Gold, Robert E., Ho, George C., Korth, Haje, Krimigis, Stamatios M., McNutt, Ralph L., Nittler, Larry R., Raines, Jim M., Sarantos, Menelaos, Schriver, David, Solomon, Sean C., Starr, Richard D., Travnicek, Pavel M., Zurbuchen, Thomas H.
Format:	Report
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
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