Effect of escaping photoelectrons on the magnetic field of Mercury
Mercury is the tiniest planet in the solar system and that closest tothe Sun. It has a similar magnetosphere like the Earth, which to firstorder can be described as a magnetic dipole. The center of the dipoleis shifted 0.2 Mercury radii toward north, hence, the magnetic strengthare not equal at same...
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KTH, Rymd- och plasmafysik
2012
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Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-91929 |