Observations of Mercury's exosphere: Spatial distributions and variations of its Na component during August 8, 9 and 10, 2003

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 395-402

  Leblanc, F ^a   Barbieri, C ^b   Cremonese, G ^c   Verani, S ^b   Cosentino, R ^d   Mendillo, M ^e   Sprague, A ^f   Hunten, D ^f  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI PADOVA   (Italy)

^d FUNDACIÓN GALILEO GALILEI INAF   (Spain)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

atmosphere; Magnetospheres; Mercury; Solar wind; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33751312837     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.08.006     Document Type: Article

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