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SUBMITTER: Cassidy TA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927387 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Cassidy Timothy A TA McClintock William E WE Killen Rosemary M RM Sarantos Menelaos M Merkel Aimee W AW Vervack Ronald J RJ Burger Matthew H MH
Geophysical research letters 20161023 21
The Ultraviolet and Visible Spectrometer (UVVS) component of the Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer (MASCS) on the MESSENGER spacecraft characterized the local-time distribution of the sodium exosphere over the course of its orbital mission. The observations show that the sodium exosphere is enhanced above Mercury's cold-pole longitudes. Based on previously published sodium exosphere models we infer that these regions act as nightside surface reservoirs, temporary sinks to ...[more]