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May 05, 2015

PSI Researchers Look Back at Mercury MESSENGER Accomplishments
Tucson AZ (SPX) May 05, 2015
As NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft ends its scientific operations by crashing into Mercury today, Planetary Science Institute researchers looked back at a mission that provided new discoveries on the planet closest to the Sun. PSI Senior Scientist Catherine Johnson and her group have played key roles in the characterization of Mercury's magnetic field, including the major discovery, with colleague and team member Brian Anderson, that the magnetic field is offset from Mercury's body center. Her group's ... read more

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