Beatriz Sánchez‐Cano

Planetary shielding and surface precipitation of solar energetic particles during BepiColombo’s close Mercury flyby

Abstract Planetary magnetic fields act as protective barriers, shielding a planet’s atmosphere and surface from energetic charged particles originating from its parent star and outer space. During its fourth flyby of Mercury on 4 September 2024, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission p...