Sodium Enrichment of Mercury's Subsurface Through Diffusion

Abstract Mercury's surface undergoes large temperature gradients between day and night, which repeats periodically over the same longitudes due to its 3:2 spin‐orbit resonance. This effect combined with the orbit's eccentricity, creates hot and cold geographic longitudes. The planet is cov...

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Main Authors: S. Verkercke, F. Leblanc, J.‐Y. Chaufray, L. Morrissey, M. Sarantos, P. Prem
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-11-01
Series:Geophysical Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1029/2024GL109393
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