MESSENGER and Mariner 10 flyby observations of magnetotail structure and dynamics at Mercury

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Slavin, James A ^a   Anderson, Brian J ^b   Baker, Daniel N ^c   Benna, Mehdi ^a   Boardsen, Scott A ^a,d   Gold, Robert E ^b   Ho, George C ^b   Imber, Suzanne M ^a,d   Korth, Haje ^b   Krimigis, Stamatios M ^b,e   McNutt, Ralph L ^b   Raines, Jim M ^f   Sarantos, Menelaos ^a,e   Schriver, David ^g   Solomon, Sean C ^h   Trávníček, Pavel ⁱ   Zurbuchen, Thomas H ^f  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^e BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

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EID: 84856540085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA016900     Document Type: Article

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