Physics
Scientific paper
Mar 1977
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977jgr....82.1024w&link_type=abstract
Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 82, Mar. 1, 1977, p. 1024-1030.
Physics
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Magnetic Dipoles, Magnetic Field Configurations, Mercury (Planet), Planetary Magnetic Fields, Planetary Magnetospheres, Dipole Moments, Lines Of Force, Magnetic Flux, Magnetic Moments, Mariner 10 Space Probe, Spherical Harmonics
Scientific paper
This paper presents a model for the magnetospheric magnetic field of Mercury in which the external field is represented by an image dipole and a tail field and the internal field includes a dipole, a quadrupole, and an octupole. The dipole moment estimated by this model is approximately 2.4 x 10 to the 22nd G cu cm, tilted 2.3 degrees from the normal to the planetary orbital plane and having the same directional sense as that of the earth. The dipole, quadrupole, and octupole moment intensities are in the approximate ratios 1:0.4:0.3, respectively. All planetary field lines of the model magnetosphere are confined to a magnetospherelike region. Results are obtained which show the geometry, field line configuration, and field isointensity contours inside the magnetosphere of Mercury.
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