Mercury

Mercury Magnetosphere


Artist's concept of the NASA's MESSENGER spaceraft at Mercury. Credit: NASA

Thanks to my friend geojim56 for finding this article.


Mercury and Earth are the only two terrestrial planets in the solar system with magnetospheres produced by an intrinsic magnetic field.

Keep on learning about Mercury at Messenger.



Crescent Mercury in Color
Credit: MESSENGER, NASA, JHU APL, CIW