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arXiv Open Access 2022

Effects of Mercury surface temperature on the sodium abundance in its exosphere

E. Rognini A. Mura M. T. Capria A. Milillo A. Zinzi +1 lainnya
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The link between the surface temperature of Mercury and the exosphere sodium content has been investigated. Observations show that, along the orbit of Mercury, two maxima of total Na content are present: one at aphelion and one at perihelion. Previous models, based on a simple thermal map, were not able to reproduce the aphelion peak. Here we introduce a new thermophysical model giving soil temperatures as an input for the IAPS exospheric model already used in the past with the input of a simple thermal map. By comparing the reference model output with the new one, we show that such improved surface temperature map is crucial to explain the temporal variability of Sodium along the orbit.

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astro-ph.EP physics.geo-ph

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E. Rognini

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A. Mura

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M. T. Capria

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A. Milillo

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A. Zinzi

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V. Galluzzi

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Rognini, E., Mura, A., Capria, M.T., Milillo, A., Zinzi, A., Galluzzi, V. (2022). Effects of Mercury surface temperature on the sodium abundance in its exosphere. https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.11467

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