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Mg Exosphere of Mercury Observed by PHEBUS Onboard BepiColombo During Its Second and Third Swing-Bys

Korablev, O.; Chaufray, J. -Y.; Leblanc, F. +6 more

Mercury's exosphere is an important target for understanding the dynamics of coupled systems in space environments, tenuous planetary atmospheres, and planetary surfaces. Magnesium (Mg) is especially crucial for establishing methods for estimating the surface chemical composition distribution through observations of the exosphere because its distr…