The sodium exosphere of Mercury: Comparison between observations during Mercury's transit and model results

A. Mura (1) , P. Wurz (2) , H.I.M. Lichtenegger (3) , H. Schleicher , H. Lammer (3) , Dominique C. Delcourt (4, 5) , A. Milillo (1) , S. Orsini (1) , S. Massetti (1) , M.L. Khodachenko (3)

1 INAF - Istituto di Fisica dello Spazio Interplanetario
2 Physikalisches Institut [Bern]
3 IWF - Space Research Institute of Austrian Academy of Sciences
4 CETP - Centre d'étude des environnements terrestre et planétaires
5 IPSL - Institut Pierre-Simon-Laplace

Mots clés: Mercury; Exosphere

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]; Océan, Atmosphère

A. Mura, P. Wurz, H.I.M. Lichtenegger, H. Schleicher, H. Lammer, et al.. The sodium exosphere of Mercury: Comparison between observations during Mercury's transit and model results. Icarus, 2009, 200 (1), pp.1-11. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2008.11.014⟩. ⟨hal-00363716⟩