First Observations of Mercury's Plasma Mantle As Seen By MESSENGER
Gina A DiBraccio1,2, James A Slavin3, Jim M Raines2, Daniel J Gershman4,5, Patrick Tracy6, Scott A Boardsen4,7, Thomas Zurbuchen6, Brian J Anderson8, Haje Korth9, Ralph L McNutt Jr9 and Sean C Solomon10,11, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States, (5)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (6)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (7)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, United States, (8)JHU/APL, Laurel, United States, (9)JHU/APL, Laurel, MD, United States, (10)Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY, United States, (11)Carnegie Institute of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Washington, DC, United States
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