The colour and stereo surface imaging system (CaSSIS) for the ExoMars trace gas orbiter

N Thomas, G Cremonese, R Ziethe, M Gerber… - Space science …, 2017 - Springer
Abstract The Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System (CaSSIS) is the main imaging
system onboard the European Space Agency's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) which was …

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 …

BepiColombo—Comprehensive exploration of Mercury: Mission overview and science goals

J Benkhoff, J Van Casteren, H Hayakawa… - Planetary and Space …, 2010 - Elsevier
BepiColombo is an interdisciplinary mission to explore Mercury, the planet closest to the
sun, carried out jointly between the European Space Agency and the Japanese Aerospace …

The global distribution of pyroclastic deposits on Mercury: The view from MESSENGER flybys 1–3

L Kerber, JW Head, DT Blewett, SC Solomon… - Planetary and Space …, 2011 - Elsevier
We present a global survey of candidate pyroclastic deposits on Mercury, derived from
images obtained during MESSENGER flybys 1–3 that provided near-global coverage at …

Geodesy, geophysics and fundamental physics investigations of the BepiColombo mission

A Genova, H Hussmann, T Van Hoolst, D Heyner… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
In preparation for the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission to Mercury, thematic working groups
had been established for coordinating the activities within the BepiColombo Science …

Spectral properties and physical extent of pyroclastic deposits on Mercury: Variability within selected deposits and implications for explosive volcanism

S Besse, A Doressoundiram, O Barraud… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Explosive volcanism on the surface of planet Mercury is visible through the pyroclastic
deposits that surround morphologic features often identified as the vent. Those deposits are …

Grid-based mapping: A method for rapidly determining the spatial distributions of small features over very large areas

JD Ramsdale, MR Balme, SJ Conway… - Planetary and Space …, 2017 - Elsevier
The increased volume, spatial resolution, and areal coverage of high-resolution images of
Mars over the past 15 years have led to an increased quantity and variety of small-scale …

Spectral behavior of sulfides in simulated daytime surface conditions of Mercury: Supporting past (MESSENGER) and future missions (BepiColombo)

I Varatharajan, A Maturilli, J Helbert… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Elsevier
To detect the mineral diversity of a planet's surface, it is essential to study the spectral
variations over a broad wavelength range at relevant simulated laboratory conditions. The …

Regolith textures on Mercury: Comparison with the Moon

AY Zharkova, MA Kreslavsky, JW Head, AA Kokhanov - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Surfaces of atmosphereless planetary bodies, including the Moon and Mercury, are covered
with regolith. Regolith-related processes define surface morphology at scales of meters and …

Spectroscopic properties of explosive volcanism within the Caloris basin with MESSENGER observations

S Besse, A Doressoundiram… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Volcanism on Mercury has been indisputably identified at various locations on the surface,
by means of both effusive and explosive volcanism. Its characterization is crucial to …