MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Planetary Ion Escape Rates and Their Dependence on True Anomaly Angle

MESSENGER Observations of Mercury's Planetary Ion Escape Rates and Their Dependence on True Anomaly Angle

Abstract This study investigates the escape of Mercury's sodium‐group ions (Na+‐group, including ions with m/q from 21 to 30 amu/e) and their dependence on true anomaly angle (TAA), that is, Mercury's orbital phase around the Sun, using measurements from MESSENGER. The measurements are cat...

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Main Authors: Weijie Sun, Ryan M. Dewey, Xianzhe Jia, Jim M. Raines, James A. Slavin, Yuxi Chen, Tai Phan, Gangkai Poh, Shaosui Xu, Anna Milillo, Robert Lillis, Yoshifumi Saito, Stefano Livi, Stefano Orsini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-07-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
Subjects:
planetary ions escape
ion plumes
Mercury's exosphere
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2023GL107689

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