Observation of Mercury's sodium exosphere by MSASI in the BepiColombo mission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1622-1633

  Yoshikawa, I ^a   Kameda, S ^a   Matsuura, K ^a   Hikosaka, K ^a   Murakami, G ^a   Yoshioka, K ^a   Nozawa, H ^b   Rees, D ^c   Okano, S ^d   Misawa, H ^d   Yamazaki, A ^e   Korablev, O ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KAGOSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Hovemere Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^f Institut Komichiski Issledovanie   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

BepiColombo mission; Fabry Perot interferometer; Mercury's exosphere

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MIRRORS; SODIUM; SOLAR WIND; SPECTROMETERS;

BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; ETALON DESIGN; INTERPLANETARY SPACE; MERCURY'S EXOSPHERE;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE;

EID: 34548458104     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2006.01.010     Document Type: Article

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