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A transient enhancement of Mercury’s exosphere at extremely high altitudes inferred from pickup ions
Mercury has a global dayside exosphere, with measured densities of 10(−2) cm(−3) at ~1500 km. Here we report on the inferred enhancement of neutral densities (<10(2) cm(−3)) at high altitudes (~5300 km) by the MESSENGER spacecraft. Such high-altitude densities cannot be accounted for by the typic...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7525509/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32994408 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-18220-2 |