Sodium winds on Mercury

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 355-367

  Potter, A E ^a   Morgan, T H ^b   Killen, R M ^c  

^a NATIONAL SOLAR OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b NASA HEADQUARTERS   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Dynamics; Mercury, Atmosphere; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350400268     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.06.028     Document Type: Article

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