Physics
Scientific paper
May 1979
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.2076s&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, May 1, 1979, p. 2076-2082.
Physics
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Dynamic Pressure, Erosion, Magnetopause, Mercury (Planet), Planetary Magnetospheres, Solar Planetary Interactions, Solar Wind, Dipole Moments, Earth Surface, Magnetic Flux, Planetary Surfaces, Position (Location), Radii, Solar Wind, Mercury, Erosion, Magnetosphere, Observations, Mariner 10, Earth, Dayside, Magnetometers, Models, Dipole Moments, Bow Shock, Interactions, Magnetic Fields, Flux
Scientific paper
Measurements of the effect of dayside magnetic reconnection on the position of the earth's forward magnetopause have been scaled to Mercury in order to predict the mean solar wind stand-off distance for average conditions of solar wind dynamic pressure. It is found that for a significant portion of the time Mercury's magnetopause will be eroded and/or compressed to within 0.2 Mercury radii of the planet's surface. Solar wind stand-off distances and solar wind dynamic pressures are also calculated for the two Mariner 10 encounters with Mercury's magnetosphere. Values of the solar wind stand-off distance range from 1.3 to 2.1 Mercury radii.
Holzer Robert E.
Slavin James Arthur
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