Photoionization Loss of Mercury's Sodium Exosphere: Seasonal Observations by MESSENGER and the THEMIS Telescope. [PDF]
Geophys Res Lett, 2021 We present the first investigation and quantification of the photoionization loss process to Mercury's sodium exosphere from spacecraft and ground‐based observations.
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Processes that Promote and Deplete the Exosphere of Mercury [PDF]
Space Science Reviews, 2007 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 chemistry of the planet might be made from a thorough exospheric study.
Killen, Rosemary +10 more
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Exosphere-mediated migration of volatile species on airless bodies across the solar system [PDF]
Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962), 2022 Surface-bound exospheres facilitate volatile migration across the surfaces of nearly airless bodies. However, such transport requires that the body can both form and retain an exosphere.
J. Steckloff +4 more
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Short‐term observations of double‐peaked Na emission from Mercury's exosphere
Geophysical Research Letters, 2017 We report the analysis of short‐term ground‐based observations of the exospheric Na emission (D1 and D2 lines) from Mercury, which was characterized by two high‐latitude peaks confined near the magnetospheric cusp footprints. During a series of scheduled
S. Massetti +5 more
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Observation of Helium in Mercury's Exosphere by PHEBUS on Bepi‐Colombo
Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets, 2023 On 1 October 2021, Bepi‐Colombo performed its first flyby of Mercury. During the maneuver, the short wavelength channel (55–155 nm) of “Probing the Hermean Exosphere by UV Spectroscopy” (PHEBUS) was activated for a total duration of 1 hr.
E. Quémerais +14 more
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How Does the Thermal Environment Affect the Exosphere/Surface Interface at Mercury?
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 The fate of Mercury’s exospheric volatiles and, in a lesser way, of the refractory particles absorbed in the first few centimeters of the surface both depend highly on the temperature profile with depth and its diurnal variation. In this paper, we review
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3D Monte-Carlo simulation of Ganymede’s water exosphere
Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962), 2021 In this paper we present ab initio 3D Monte-Carlo simulations of Ganymede’s surface sputtered and sublimated H2O exosphere. As inputs, we include surface water content maps and temperature distribution maps based on Galileo and Very Large Telescope (VLT)
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The Evolution of a Spacecraft-Generated Lunar Exosphere. [PDF]
J Geophys Res Planets, 2020 Understanding how spacecraft alter planetary environments can offer important insights into key physical processes, as well as being critical to planning mission operations and observations.
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Coronagraphic observations of the lunar sodium exosphere 2018–2019
Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962), 2021 Remote observations of the lunar sodium corona have been obtained with the Goddard Lunar Coronagraph located at the Winer Observatory in Sonoita, Arizona. We previously reported the results of observations in the spring, 2017, observing season (Killen et
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Meteoroids as One of the Sources for Exosphere Formation on Airless Bodies in the Inner Solar System
Space Science Reviews, 2021 This manuscript represents a review on progress made over the past decade concerning our understanding of meteoroid bombardment on airless solar system bodies as one of the sources of the formation of their exospheres.
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