Articles | Volume 39, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-563-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-39-563-2021
Regular paper
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24 Jun 2021
Regular paper |  | 24 Jun 2021

Magnetosheath plasma flow model around Mercury

Daniel Schmid, Yasuhito Narita, Ferdinand Plaschke, Martin Volwerk, Rumi Nakamura, and Wolfgang Baumjohann

Model code and software

Mercury Streamline Model: IDL code Daniel Schmid https://osf.io/9jgqn/

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Short summary
In this work we present the first analytical magnetosheath plasma flow model for the space environment around Mercury. The proposed model is relatively simple to implement and provides the possibility to trace the flow lines inside the Hermean magnetosheath. It can help to determine the the local plasma conditions of a spacecraft in the magnetosheath exclusively on the basis of the upstream solar wind parameters.