It has been speculated that the composition of the exosphere is related to the composition of
Mercury's crustal materials. If this relationship is true, then inferences regarding the bulk …

Mercury is a poorly known planet, since the only space-based information comes from the
three fly-bys performed in 1974 by the Mariner 10 spacecraft. Ground-based observations …

During the first and second Mercury flyby the MESSENGER spacecraft detected a dawn side
double-current sheet inside the Hermean magnetosphere that was labeled the “double …

The impact of the solar wind protons on the surface of Mercury is studied by a global hybrid
model. In the three‐dimensional self‐consistent quasi‐neutral hybrid (ions are particles …

The presence of a magnetosphere around Mercury plays a fundamental role on the way the
solar wind plasma interacts with the planet. Since the observations suggest that Mercury …

A new “Paraboloidal” model of Mercury's magnetospheric magnetic field based upon the
earlier terrestrial model and using similar techniques is developed. The model describes the …

The Mariner 10 observations of Mercury's miniature magnetosphere collected during its
close encounters in 1974 and 1975 are reviewed. Subsequent data analysis, re …

Abstract The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
(MESSENGER) mission to Mercury offers our first opportunity to explore this planet's …

As the inner end-member of the planetary system, Mercury plays an important role in
constraining and testing dynamical and compositional theories of planetary formation. With …

In this study we discuss the proton circulation and the neutral atom emission at Mercury. The
H+ distribution in space, energy and pitch angle has been simulated by means of a single …