Formation of a sodium ring in Mercury's magnetosphere

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Yagi, M ^a   Seki, K ^a   Matsumoto, Y ^a   Delcourt, D C ^b   Leblanc, F ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

^c LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

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EID: 78149322634     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015226     Document Type: Article

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