Paraboloid model of Mercury's magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Alexeev, I I ^a   Belenkaya, E S ^a   Bobrovnikov, S Yu ^a   Slavin, J A ^b   Sarantos, M ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 61349183069     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013368     Document Type: Article

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