«It was not envisaged before
that magnetospheric processes could trigger an interaction with the upstream solar wind», says the first author of the publication, reseacher Yann Pfau - Kempf from the Finnish Meteorological Institute.
Since the Hermean magnetosphere occupies a unique position in the space plasma physics scenarios, the study of Mercury's
magnetospheric processes will not only provide a clear picture of the planetary magnetosphere itself but it will also broaden our field of view of space plasma physics, in general.