Behavior of planetary dynamos under the influence of external magnetic fields: Application to Mercury and Ganymede

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-62

  Gómez Pérez, Natalia ^a   Wicht, Johannes ^b  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ganymede; Magnetic fields; Magnetospheres; Mercury; Mercury, Interior; Planetary dynamics; Terrestrial planets

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955767879     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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