MESSENGER and Mariner 10 flyby observations of magnetotail structure and dynamics at Mercury

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JA016900" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JA016900</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2011JA016900" target="_blank" >10.1029/2011JA016900</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
MESSENGER and Mariner 10 flyby observations of magnetotail structure and dynamics at Mercury
Original language description
The first (M1), second (M2), and third (M3) MESSENGER flybys of Mercury traversed the planet's magnetotail from 1.25 to 3.25 RM downstream of the planet, where RM is Mercury's radius (2440 km). The encounters took place under northward, southward, and variable-polarity interplanetary magnetic field (IMF), respectively. The magnetic field strength B in Mercury's magnetotail follows a power law decrease with increasing antisunward distance |X|, B |X|G, with G varying from -5.4 for northward to -1.6 for southward IMF. Low-latitude boundary layers (LLBLs) containing strong northward magnetic field were detected at the tail flanks during two of the flybys. The observed thickness of the LLBL was 33% and 16% of the radius of the tail during M1 and M3, respectively, but the boundary layer was completely absent during M2. Clear signatures of tail reconnection are evident in the M2 and M3 magnetic field measurements. Plasmoids and traveling compression regions were observed during M2 and M3 with
Czech name
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Czech description
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Type
J<sub>x</sub> - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)
CEP classification
BN - Astronomy and celestial mechanics, astrophysics
OECD FORD branch
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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