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Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics VOL.130 ISSUE 3 | 21 March 2025

MESSENGER Observations of a Possible Alfvén Wing at Mercury Driven by a Low Alfvénic Mach Number Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection

Charles Bowers + Alexandra Ruth Fogg + Benoit Lavraud ...

We investigate Mercury's response to rare, low Alfvénic Mach number MA $\left({M}_{A}\right)$ solar wind conditions using observations from the Mercury Surface, Space...

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.130 ISSUE 2 | 22 February 2025

Mercury's Field‐Aligned Currents: Perspectives From Hybrid Simulations

Zhen Shi + Zhaojin Rong + Chuanfei Dong ...

Previous studies suggested that Mercury's magnetosphere could possess Earth‐like field‐aligned currents (FACs) despite the absence of an ionosphere. However, due...

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.130 ISSUE 3 | 7 March 2025

Dynamo Models With a Mercury‐Like Magnetic Offset Dipole

Patrick Kolhey + Daniel Heyner + Ferdinand Plaschke ...

Mercury has a global magnetic field that is unique in our solar system. It is dominated by a weak axial dipole and a substantial axial quadrupole contribution. The field has...

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.130 ISSUE 2 | 18 February 2025

Electrical Properties of Alkaline Earth Sulfides and Implications for the Interior of Mercury

Anne Pommier + Alfred Wilson + Christian Renggli ...

Alkaline earth sulfides are possibly abundant in the mantle of Mercury, and knowledge of their melting and transport properties is needed to investigate the structure of the...

Geophysical Research Letters VOL.52 ISSUE 3 | 9 February 2025

Modeling Cold Spots on Mercury: Opportunities for BepiColombo Observations

Ariel Deutsch + Harald Hiesinger + Karin Elke Bauch ...

“Cold spots” have been identified across the Moon as features with anomalously low nighttime temperatures emanating from small, young craters. The ESA/JAXA BepiColombo...