Europlanet Science Congress 2020
Virtual meeting
21 September – 9 October 2020
Europlanet Science Congress 2020
Virtual meeting
21 September – 9 October 2020
EPSC Abstracts
Vol.14, EPSC2020-5, 2020, updated on 08 Oct 2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-5
Europlanet Science Congress 2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Seeing Effects on Ground-Based Images of Mercury's Sodium Exosphere

Rosemary Killen
Rosemary Killen
  • NASA/ Goddard Space Flight Center, 695/Planetary Magnetospheres, Greenbelt, United States of America (rosemary.killen@nasa.gov)

References

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Mangano, V. et al., 2015. THEMIS Na exosphere observations of Mercury and their correlation with in-situ magnetic field measurements by MESSENGER, Planet. Space Sci. 115, 102-109.

Potter, A. E., R. M. Killen and M. Sarantos. 2006. Spatial distribution of sodium on Mercury. Icarus 181, 1 -12.

Potter, A. E., R. M. Killen and T. H. Morgan, 1999. Rapid changes in the sodium exosphere of Mercury. Planet. Space Sci. 47, 1441-1448.

Potter, A. E. and T. H. Morgan, 1985. Discovery of sodium in the atmosphere of Mercury. Geophys. Res. Lett. 22, 3289-3292.

Sprague, A. L. et al., 1998. Mercury sodium atmosphere enhancements, Radar bright spots, and visible surface features. Icarus 136, 60-68.

 

 

 

How to cite: Killen, R.: Seeing Effects on Ground-Based Images of Mercury's Sodium Exosphere, Europlanet Science Congress 2020, online, 21 September–9 Oct 2020, EPSC2020-5, https://doi.org/10.5194/epsc2020-5, 2020