BepiColombo flying through precipitating electrons at Mercury (IMAGE)

Europlanet

BepiColombo flying through precipitating electrons at Mercury

Caption

Artist's representation of the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission flying through precipitating electrons that can trigger X-ray auroras on the surface of Mercury.

Credit

Thibaut Roger/Europlanet.

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