A comparison of the Mercury and earth magnetospheres - Electron measurements and substorm time scales

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Sep 1987

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(The Planet Mercury Conference, Tucson, AZ, Aug. 6-9, 1986) Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 71, Sept. 1987, p. 448-471.

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Earth Magnetosphere, Electron Distribution, Electron Energy, Magnetic Storms, Mercury (Planet), Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Energetic Particles, Flux (Rate), Mariner 10 Space Probe, Plasma Spectra, Relativistic Electron Beams, Solar System, Mercury (Planet), Comparisons, Magnetosphere, Time Scale, Electrons, Plasma, Distribution, Dynamics, Energy, Spectrum, Convection, Injection, Models, Flux, Diagrams, Calculations, Magnetic Fields, Spacecraft Observations, Mariner 10, Equipment, S

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This paper contains both a review of relevant information from the first Mariner 10 encounter with Mercury (Mercury 1) and analyses which utilize some aspects of the Mercury 1 measurements. These data (about a half hour in length), along with the Mercury 3 data (16 March 1975), may be the most important magnetospheric data yet returned from a planetary mission, solely because they depict a magnetosphere which appears more similar to Earth's than any other in the solar system. The author shows the similarity extends from microscopic (quiet-time plasmas) to macroscopic (substorm activity) levels. The analysis sections deal with the Mercury 1 measurements in some detail. The last section develops a perspective of the importance of the similarity through comparison of substorm time scales in the Earth and Mercury magnetospheres.

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