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Low-degree structure in Mercury's planetary magnetic field by Anderson, Brian J., Johnson, Catherine L., Korth, Haje, Winslow, Reka M., Borovsky, Joseph E., Purucker, Michael E., Slavin, James A., Solomon, Sean C., Zuber, Maria T., McNutt Jr, Ralph L.

“…The structure of Mercury's internal magnetic field has been determined from analysis of orbital Magnetometer measurements by the MESSENGER spacecraft. We…”
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MESSENGER Observations of Magnetic Reconnection in Mercury's Magnetosphere by Slavin, James A, Acuña, Mario H, Anderson, Brian J, Baker, Daniel N, Benna, Mehdi, Boardsen, Scott A, Gloeckler, George, Gold, Robert E, Ho, George C, Korth, Haje, Krimigis, Stamatios M, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr, Raines, Jim M, Sarantos, Menelaos, Schriver, David, Solomon, Sean C, Trávníček, Pavel, Zurbuchen, Thomas H

“…Solar wind energy transfer to planetary magnetospheres and ionospheres is controlled by magnetic reconnection, a process that determines the degree of…”
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Cassini Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer: Enceladus Plume Composition and Structure by Waite, J. Hunter, Combi, Michael R, Ip, Wing-Huen, Cravens, Thomas E, McNutt, Ralph L, Kasprzak, Wayne, Yelle, Roger, Luhmann, Janet, Niemann, Hasso, Gell, David, Magee, Brian, Fletcher, Greg, Lunine, Jonathan, Tseng, Wei-Ling

“…The Cassini spacecraft passed within 168.2 kilometers of the surface above the southern hemisphere at 19:55:22 universal time coordinated on 14 July 2005…”
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The Major-Element Composition of Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER X-ray Spectrometry by Nittler, Larry R., Starr, Richard D., Weider, Shoshana Z., McCoy, Timothy J., Boynton, William V., Ebel, Denton S., Ernst, Carolyn M., Evans, Larry G., Goldsten, John O., Hamara, David K., Lawrence, David J., McNutt, Ralph L., Schlemm, Charles E., Solomon, Sean C., Sprague, Ann L.

“…X-ray fluorescence spectra obtained by the MESSENGER spacecraft orbiting Mercury indicate that the planet's surface differs in composition from those of other…”
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The Global Magnetic Field of Mercury from MESSENGER Orbital Observations by Anderson, Brian J., Johnson, Catherine L., Korth, Haje, Purucker, Michael E., Winslow, Reka M., Slavin, James A., Solomon, Sean C., McNutt, Ralph L., Raines, Jim M., Zurbuchen, Thomas H.

“…Magnetometer data acquired by the MESSENGER spacecraft in orbit about Mercury permit the separation of internal and external magnetic field contributions. The…”
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Evidence for Water Ice Near Mercury's North Pole from MESSENGER Neutron Spectrometer Measurements by Lawrence, David J., Feldman, William C., Goldsten, John O., Maurice, Sylvestre, Peplowski, Patrick N., Anderson, Brian J., Bazell, David, McNutt, Ralph L., Nittler, Larry R., Prettyman, Thomas H., Rodgers, Douglas J., Solomon, Sean C., Weider, Shoshana Z.

“…Measurements by the Neutron Spectrometer on the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft show decreases in the flux…”
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Topography of the Northern Hemisphere of Mercury from MESSENGER Laser Altimetry by Zuber, María T., Smith, David E., Phillips, Roger J., Solomon, Sean C., Neumann, Gregory A., Hauck, Steven A., Peale, Stanton J., Barnouin, Olivier S., Head, James W., Johnson, Catherine L., Lemoine, Frank G., Mazarico, Erwan, Sun, Xiaoli, Torrence, Mark H., Freed, Andrew M., Klimczak, Christian, Margot, Jean-Luc, Oberst, Jürgen, Perry, Mark E., McNutt, Ralph L., Balcerski, Jeffrey A., Michel, Nathalie, Talpe, Matthieu J., Di Yang

“…Laser altimetry by the MESSENGER spacecraft has yielded a topographic model of the northern hemisphere of Mercury. The dynamic range of elevations is…”
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MESSENGER Observations of Extreme Loading and Unloading of Mercury's Magnetic Tail by Slavin, James A, Anderson, Brian J, Baker, Daniel N, Benna, Mehdi, Boardsen, Scott A, Gloeckler, George, Gold, Robert E, Ho, George C, Korth, Haje, Krimigis, Stamatios M, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr, Nittler, Larry R, Raines, Jim M, Sarantos, Menelaos, Schriver, David, Solomon, Sean C, Starr, Richard D, Trávníček, Pavel M, Zurbuchen, Thomas H

“…During MESSENGER's third flyby of Mercury, the magnetic field in the planet's magnetic tail increased by factors of 2 to 3.5 over intervals of 2 to 3 minutes…”
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MESSENGER observations of magnetopause structure and dynamics at Mercury by DiBraccio, Gina A., Slavin, James A., Boardsen, Scott A., Anderson, Brian J., Korth, Haje, Zurbuchen, Thomas H., Raines, Jim M., Baker, Daniel N., McNutt Jr, Ralph L., Solomon, Sean C.

“…On 18 March 2011, MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) became the first spacecraft to orbit Mercury, providing a new…”
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Modular model for Mercury's magnetospheric magnetic field confined within the average observed magnetopause by Korth, Haje, Tsyganenko, Nikolai A., Johnson, Catherine L., Philpott, Lydia C., Anderson, Brian J., Al Asad, Manar M., Solomon, Sean C., McNutt Jr, Ralph L.

“…Accurate knowledge of Mercury's magnetospheric magnetic field is required to understand the sources of the planet's internal field. We present the first model…”
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Return to Mercury: A Global Perspective on MESSENGER's First Mercury Flyby by Solomon, Sean C, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr, Watters, Thomas R, Lawrence, David J, Feldman, William C, Head, James W, Krimigis, Stamatios M, Murchie, Scott L, Phillips, Roger J, Slavin, James A, Zuber, Maria T

“…In January 2008, the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) spacecraft became the first probe to fly past the planet Mercury…”
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Reflectance and Color Variations on Mercury: Regolith Processes and Compositional Heterogeneity by Robinson, Mark S, Murchie, Scott L, Blewett, David T, Domingue, Deborah L, Hawkins, S. Edward III, Head, James W, Holsclaw, Gregory M, McClintock, William E, McCoy, Timothy J, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr, Prockter, Louise M, Solomon, Sean C, Watters, Thomas R

“…Multispectral images of Mercury obtained by the MESSENGER spacecraft reveal that its surface has an overall relatively low reflectance with three large-scale…”
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MESSENGER observations of Mercury's dayside magnetosphere under extreme solar wind conditions by Slavin, James A., DiBraccio, Gina A., Gershman, Daniel J., Imber, Suzanne M., Poh, Gang Kai, Raines, Jim M., Zurbuchen, Thomas H., Jia, Xianzhe, Baker, Daniel N., Glassmeier, Karl-Heinz, Livi, Stefano A., Boardsen, Scott A., Cassidy, Timothy A., Sarantos, Menelaos, Sundberg, Torbjorn, Masters, Adam, Johnson, Catherine L., Winslow, Reka M., Anderson, Brian J., Korth, Haje, McNutt Jr, Ralph L., Solomon, Sean C.

“…The structure of Mercury's dayside magnetosphere is investigated during three extreme solar wind dynamic pressure events. Two were the result of coronal mass…”
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Radioactive Elements on Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER: Implications for the Planet's Formation and Evolution by Peplowski, Patrick N., Evans, Larry G., Hauck, Steven A., McCoy, Timothy J., Boynton, William V., Gillis-Davis, Jeffery J., Ebel, Denton S., Goldsten, John O., Hamara, David K., Lawrence, David J., McNutt, Ralph L., Nittler, Larry R., Solomon, Sean C., Rhodes, Edgar A., Sprague, Ann L., Starr, Richard D., Stockstill-Cahill, Karen R.

“…The MESSENGER Gamma-Ray Spectrometer measured the average surface abundances of the radioactive elements potassium (K, 1150 ± 220 parts per million), thorium…”
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MESSENGER Observations of the Composition of Mercury's Ionized Exosphere and Plasma Environment by Zurbuchen, Thomas H, Raines, Jim M, Gloeckler, George, Krimigis, Stamatios M, Slavin, James A, Koehn, Patrick L, Killen, Rosemary M, Sprague, Ann L, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr, Solomon, Sean C

“…The region around Mercury is filled with ions that originate from interactions of the solar wind with Mercury's space environment and through ionization of its…”
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Mercury's Magnetosphere After MESSENGER's First Flyby by Slavin, James A, Acuña, Mario H, Anderson, Brian J, Baker, Daniel N, Benna, Mehdi, Gloeckler, George, Gold, Robert E, Ho, George C, Killen, Rosemary M, Korth, Haje, Krimigis, Stamatios M, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr, Nittler, Larry R, Raines, Jim M, Schriver, David, Solomon, Sean C, Starr, Richard D, Trávníček, Pavel, Zurbuchen, Thomas H

“…Observations by MESSENGER show that Mercury's magnetosphere is immersed in a comet-like cloud of planetary ions. The most abundant, Na⁺, is broadly distributed…”
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Structure of Mercury's Magnetic Field from MESSENGER's First Flyby by Anderson, Brian J, Acuña, Mario H, Korth, Haje, Purucker, Michael E, Johnson, Catherine L, Slavin, James A, Solomon, Sean C, McNutt, Ralph L. Jr

“…During its first flyby of Mercury, the MESSENGER spacecraft measured the planet's near-equatorial magnetic field. The field strength is consistent to within an…”
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Steady-state field-aligned currents at Mercury by Anderson, Brian J., Johnson, Catherine L., Korth, Haje, Slavin, James A., Winslow, Reka M., Phillips, Roger J., McNutt Jr, Ralph L., Solomon, Sean C.

“…Magnetic field observations acquired in orbit about Mercury by the MESSENGER spacecraft demonstrate the presence in the planet's northern hemisphere of…”
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Distribution and compositional variations of plasma ions in Mercury's space environment: The first three Mercury years of MESSENGER observations by Raines, Jim M., Gershman, Daniel J., Zurbuchen, Thomas H., Sarantos, Menelaos, Slavin, James A., Gilbert, Jason A., Korth, Haje, Anderson, Brian J., Gloeckler, George, Krimigis, Stamatios M., Baker, Daniel N., McNutt Jr, Ralph L., Solomon, Sean C.

“…We have analyzed measurements of planetary ions near Mercury made by the MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging (MESSENGER) Fast Imaging…”
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MESSENGER observations of dipolarization events in Mercury's magnetotail by Sundberg, Torbjörn, Slavin, James A., Boardsen, Scott A., Anderson, Brian J., Korth, Haje, Ho, George C., Schriver, David, Uritsky, Vadim M., Zurbuchen, Thomas H., Raines, Jim M., Baker, Daniel N., Krimigis, Stamatios M., McNutt Jr, Ralph L., Solomon, Sean C.

“…Several series of large dipolarization events are documented from magnetic field observations in Mercury's magnetotail made by the MESSENGER spacecraft. The…”
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