Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo

Rothery, David and Marinangeli, Lucia and Anand, Mahesh and Carpenter, James and Christensen, Ulrich and Crawford, Ian A. and Sanctis, Maria Cristina De and Epifani, Elena Mazzotta and Erard, Stéphane and Frigeri, Alessandro and Fraser, George and Hauber, Ernst and Helbert, Jörn and Hiesinger, Harald and Joy, Katherine and Langevin, Yves and Massironi, Matteo and Milillo, Anna and Mitrofanov, Igor and Muinonen, Karri and Näränen, Jyri and Pauselli, Cristina and Potts, Phil and Warell, Johan and Wurz, Peter (2010) Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo. Planetary and Space Science, 58 (1-2), pp. 21-39. ELSEVIER. DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.001.

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Abstract

We describe the contributions that we expect the BepiColombo mission to make towards increased knowledge and understanding of Mercury's surface and composition. BepiColombo will have a larger and more capable suite of instruments relevant for determination of the topographic, physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of the surface than carried by NASA's MESSENGER mission. We anticipate that the insights gained into the planet's geological history and its current space weathering environment will enable us to understand the relationships between surface composition and the composition of different types of crust. This will enable estimation of the composition of the mantle from which the crust was derived, and lead to better constraints on models for Mercury's origin and the nature of the material from which it formed.

Document Type:

Article

Title:

Mercury's surface and composition to be studied by BepiColombo

Authors:

Authors	Institution or Email of Authors
Rothery, David	Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Marinangeli, Lucia	International Research School of Planetary Sciences, Università di Annunzio, Viale Pindara 42, 65127 Pescara, Italy
Anand, Mahesh	Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Carpenter, James	Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK; Present address: ESA-ESTEC HSF-HFR, Keplerlaan 1, Postbus 299, 2200 AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands
Christensen, Ulrich	Max-Planck Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Max-Planck-Strasse 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Crawford, Ian A.	School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
Sanctis, Maria Cristina De	INAF—Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica, Via Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133 Roma, Italy
Epifani, Elena Mazzotta	INAF—Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte, Laboratorio di Fisica Cosmica e Planetologia, Via Moiariello 16, 80131 Napoli, Italy
Erard, Stéphane	LESIA, UMR CNRS 8109, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cédex, France
Frigeri, Alessandro	Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Perugia, P.zza dell’Università, I-06100 Perugia, Italy
Fraser, George	Space Research Centre, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Hauber, Ernst	ernst.hauber@dlr.de
Helbert, Jörn	joern.helbert@dlr.de
Hiesinger, Harald	Institut für Planetologie, Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany
Joy, Katherine	School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
Langevin, Yves	Institut d’Astrophysique Spatiale, CNRS/Université Paris XI, Orsay Campus 91405, France
Massironi, Matteo	Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Università di Padova, via Giotto 1, 35139 Padova, Italy
Milillo, Anna	School of Earth Sciences, Birkbeck College, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HX, UK
Mitrofanov, Igor	Space Research Institute, RAS, Moscow 117997, Russia
Muinonen, Karri	Observatory Tähtitorninmäki, PO Box 14, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Näränen, Jyri	Observatory Tähtitorninmäki, PO Box 14, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
Pauselli, Cristina	LESIA, UMR CNRS 8109, Observatoire de Paris, 5 place Jules Janssen, 92195 Meudon Cédex, France
Potts, Phil	Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, The Open University, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, UK
Warell, Johan	Insitutionen för Astronomi och Rymdfysik, Uppsala Universitet, Box 515, 751 20 Uppsala, Sweden
Wurz, Peter	Physics Institute, University of Bern, Sidlerstrasse 5, 3012 Bern, Switzerland

Date:

January 2010

Journal or Publication Title:

Planetary and Space Science

Refereed publication:

Yes

In Open Access:

In SCOPUS:

Yes

In ISI Web of Science:

Yes

Volume:

DOI:

10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.001

Page Range:

pp. 21-39

Publisher:

ELSEVIER

Status:

Published

Keywords:

Mercury, surface, composition, BepiColombo

HGF - Research field:

Aeronautics, Space and Transport

HGF - Program:

Space

HGF - Program Themes:

W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums

DLR - Research area:

Space

DLR - Program:

W EW - Erforschung des Weltraums

DLR - Research theme (Project):

W - Vorhaben BepiColombo (old)

Location:

Berlin-Adlershof

Institutes and Institutions:

Institute of Planetary Research > Terahertz and Infrared Sensors

Deposited By:

Ulrike Stiebeler

Deposited On:

02 Nov 2010 11:17

Last Modified:

07 Feb 2013 20:40

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