Determination of the properties of Mercury's magnetic field by the MESSENGER mission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 733-746

  Korth, Haje ^a   Anderson, Brian J ^a   Acuña, Mario H ^b   Slavin, James A ^b   Tsyganenko, Nikolai A ^b   Solomon, Sean C ^c   McNutt Jr , Ralph L ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic field; Mercury; MESSENGER mission; Multipole inversion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC FLUX; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MEASUREMENTS; OBSERVATORIES; ORBITS; SPACECRAFT; TRAJECTORIES;

MERCURY; MESSENGER MISSION; PLANETARY DIPOLE; SOLAR WIND MONITOR;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342567020     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.12.008     Document Type: Article

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