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The scant data from the historic Mariner-10 flybys indicate that the Hermean and terrestrial magnetospheres have many similarities. However, Mercury’s differences, e.g., the absence of an ionosphere, high sodium content, small dimension, and the stronger forcing by the solar wind, make it likely that processes of lesser importance at Earth play a more major role at Mercury. In addition, the proximity...
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