Mercury’s Bow Shock and Magnetopause Variations According to MESSENGER Data

Using data from the MESSENGER spacecraft magnetometer that describes the magnetopause and the bow shock crossing points of the Mercury’s magnetosphere, we have calculated the parameters of the paraboloids of revolution approximating the obtained points. For each spacecraft orbit, the subsolar magnet...

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Main Authors: Dmitry Nevsky, Alexander Lavrukhin, Igor Alexeev
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-01-01
Series:Universe
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2218-1997/10/1/40