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NASA NTRS · 19750024910

Substorms on Mercury?

Abstract

Qualitative similarities between some of the variations in the Mercury encounter data and variations in the corresponding regions of the earth's magnetosphere during substorms are pointed out. The Mariner 10 data on Mercury show a strong interaction between the solar wind and the plant similar to a scaled down version of that for the earth's magnetosphere. Some of the features observed in the night side Mercury magnetosphere suggest time dependent processes occurring there.

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Siscoe, G. L., Ness, N. F., Yeates, C. M.. 1974-07-01. Substorms on Mercury?. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19750024910

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