Studying the composition and mineralogy of the Hermean surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo …

H Hiesinger, J Helbert, G Alemanno, KE Bauch… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Launched onboard the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) in October
2018, the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) is on its way to …

Rationale for BepiColombo studies of Mercury's surface and composition

DA Rothery, M Massironi, G Alemanno, O Barraud… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
BepiColombo has a larger and in many ways more capable suite of instruments relevant for
determination of the topographic, physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of …

Deriving iron contents from past and future Venus surface spectra with new high-temperature laboratory emissivity data

J Helbert, A Maturilli, MD Dyar, G Alemanno - Science Advances, 2021 - science.org
In situ information on the surface composition of Venus is based on measurements of a
small number of landing sites. In the laboratory, we measured the emissivity of a range of …

Thermal expansion of oldhamite, CaS: implication for the surface of Mercury

A Barbaro, F Zorzi, A Lorenzetti, S Ferrari, C Tubaro… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
The temperature excursion variation of Mercury's surface may significantly change crystal
structure of surface-comprising minerals. The thermal stability of oldhamite (CaS) was …

Laboratory Emissivity Spectra of Sulphide-Bearing Samples, New Constraints for the Surface of Mercury: Oldhamite in Mafic Aggregates

C Carli, S Ferrari, A Maturilli, G Serventi, M Sgavetti… - Minerals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Exploration of Mercury will continue in the near future with ESA/JAXA's BepiColombo
mission, which will increase the number and the type of datasets, and it will take advantage …

High temperature spectral emissivity of glass and crystal-bearing basalts

J Biren, A Slodczyk, J Andújar, L del Campo… - Journal of Volcanology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Temperature is a key parameter controlling the rheology of lava flows. However, the
unpredictable hazard of eruptions prevents direct measurements of hot volcanic bodies …

Volume thermal expansion along the jadeite–diopside join

F Pandolfo, F Cámara, MC Domeneghetti… - Physics and Chemistry …, 2015 - Springer
An in situ single-crystal high-temperature X-ray diffraction study was performed on
clinopyroxene crystals along the jadeite,(NaAlSi 2 O 6 Jd)–diopside (CaMgSi 2 O 6 Di) join …

Thermal infrared emissivity of felsic-rich to mafic-rich analogues of hot planetary regoliths

S Ferrari, A Maturilli, C Carli, M D'Amore… - Earth and Planetary …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Inner Solar System bodies with absent or extremely tenuous atmospheres such as
Mercury and several high-eccentricity Near Earth Objects (NEOs) are subject to a wide …

A new calibration to determine the closure temperatures of Fe‐Mg ordering in augite from nakhlites

M Alvaro, MC Domeneghetti, AM Fioretti… - … & Planetary Science, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Recently it has been shown that the relatively low closure temperature (Tc) of 500 (100)° C
calculated for augite from Miller Range nakhlite (MIL 03346, 13) using the available …

Thermal expansion of minerals in the pyroxene system and examination of various thermal expansion models

GL Hovis, M Tribaudino, A Leaman, C Almer… - American …, 2021 - degruyter.com
To examine the effects of chemical composition on thermal expansion in the pyroxene
mineral group, X‑ray diffraction data have been collected from room temperature to~ 925° C …