A transient enhancement of Mercury’s exosphere at extremely high altitudes inferred from pickup ions

Jamie M. Jasinski (), Leonardo H. Regoli, Timothy A. Cassidy, Ryan M. Dewey, Jim M. Raines, James A. Slavin, Andrew J. Coates, Daniel J. Gershman, Tom A. Nordheim and Neil Murphy
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Jamie M. Jasinski: California Institute of Technology
Leonardo H. Regoli: University of Michigan
Timothy A. Cassidy: University of Colorado Boulder
Ryan M. Dewey: University of Michigan
Jim M. Raines: University of Michigan
James A. Slavin: University of Michigan
Andrew J. Coates: Mullard Space Science Laboratory, UCL
Daniel J. Gershman: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Tom A. Nordheim: California Institute of Technology
Neil Murphy: California Institute of Technology

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Abstract 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 (

Date: 2020
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