Orbital effects on Mercury's escaping sodium exosphere

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-16

  Schmidt, Carl A ^a   Wilson, Jody K ^a   Baumgardner, Jeffrey ^a   Mendillo, Michael ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Dynamics; Atmospheres, Evolution; Atmospheres, Structure; Mercury, Atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950037507     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.017     Document Type: Article

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