Interaction of Mercury with the Solar Wind

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 397-406

  Kabin, K ^a   Gombosi, T I ^a   Dezeeuw, D L ^a   Powell, K G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetospheres; Mercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001674557     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6252     Document Type: Article

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