The interplanetary magnetic field environment at Mercury's orbit

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 2075-2085

  Korth, Haje ^a   Anderson, Brian J ^a   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^e   Slavin, James A ^b   Perri, Silvia ^f   Boardsen, Scott A ^b,c   Baker, Daniel N ^d   Solomon, Sean C ^g   L McNutt Jr , Ralph ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f INTERNATIONAL SPACE SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inner heliosphere; Interplanetary magnetic field; Mercury; MESSENGER

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED COMPOSITION; BREAK-POINTS; DIPOLE FIELDS; EXTERNAL CURRENTS; FIELD MAGNITUDE; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FREQUENCY RANGES; HELIOCENTRIC DISTANCES; HELIOSPHERES; INTERPLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSPHERIC CURRENT SYSTEM; MAGNETOSPHERIC FIELD; MERCURY SURFACE; MESSENGER; PLANETARY MAGNETIC FIELDS; SPACE ENVIRONMENT;

EARTH (PLANET); ELECTRIC FIELDS; INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOSPHERE; MERCURY (METAL); ORBITS;

INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT;

EID: 80053512853     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.10.014     Document Type: Article

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