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October 18, 2025Open Access

BepiColombo at Mercury: Three flybys, three magnetospheres

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HWHayley WilliamsonSBS. BarabashHNH. Nilsson

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Analysis of three flybys reveals differing magnetospheric interactions, highlighting precipitation ion dynamics.

Key Points

  • The first flyby showed low latitude boundary layer and ~1 keV ions near closest approach, while subsequent flybys revealed ions up to 14 keV.
  • High resolution data from flyby 3 indicated variations consistent with bursty bulk flows, marking a significant observation in this region.
  • Data from the Miniature Ion Precipitation Analyzer showed that high-energy injection processes are crucial for understanding precipitation ions.
  • Each flyby passed through the nightside equatorial region but exhibited distinct magnetospheric characteristics.

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Williamson et al. (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68f3793258f37cefb60d340fhttps://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2509.17872
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