A Bx-interconnected magnetosphere model for Mercury

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 49, Issue 14-15, 2001, Pages 1629-1635

  Sarantos, Menelaos ^a   Reiff, Patricia H ^a   Hill, Thomas W ^a   Killen, Rosemary M ^a   Urquhart, Andrew L ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035575465     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00100-3     Document Type: Article

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