BepiColombo-mission overview and science goals

J Benkhoff, G Murakami, W Baumjohann, S Besse… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
BepiColombo is a joint mission between the European Space Agency, ESA, and the
Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency, JAXA, to perform a comprehensive exploration of …

Gravity, geodesy and fundamental physics with BepiColombo's MORE investigation

L Iess, SW Asmar, P Cappuccio, G Cascioli… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Mercury Orbiter Radio Science Experiment (MORE) of the ESA mission
BepiColombo will provide an accurate estimation of Mercury's gravity field and rotational …

Moons and jupiter imaging spectrometer (MAJIS) on jupiter icy moons explorer (JUICE)

F Poulet, G Piccioni, Y Langevin, C Dumesnil… - Space Science …, 2024 - Springer
Abstract The MAJIS (Moons And Jupiter Imaging Spectrometer) instrument on board the
ESA JUICE (JUpiter ICy moon Explorer) mission is an imaging spectrometer operating in the …

The BepiColombo mercury imaging X-ray spectrometer: science goals, instrument performance and operations

EJ Bunce, A Martindale, S Lindsay, K Muinonen… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer is a highly novel instrument that is
designed to map Mercury's elemental composition from orbit at two angular resolutions. By …

3DPD: A photogrammetric pipeline for a PUSH frame stereo cameras

E Simioni, C Re, T Mudric, G Cremonese… - Planetary and space …, 2021 - Elsevier
An innovative photogrammetric pipeline has been developed by INAF-Padova for the
processing of the stereo images from the CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Imaging …

Meteoroids as one of the sources for exosphere formation on airless bodies in the inner solar system

D Janches, AA Berezhnoy, AA Christou… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
This manuscript represents a review on progress made over the past decade concerning our
understanding of meteoroid bombardment on airless solar system bodies as one of the …

Low sulfide concentration in Mercury's smooth plains inhibits hollows

O Barraud, S Besse, A Doressoundiram - Science Advances, 2023 - science.org
MESSENGER (Mercury, Surface, Space Environment, Geochemistry, and Ranging) mission
to Mercury led to the discovery of hollows. These geological landforms have no close …

An integrated geologic map of the Rembrandt basin, on Mercury, as a starting point for stratigraphic analysis

A Semenzato, M Massironi, S Ferrari, V Galluzzi… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Planetary geologic maps are usually carried out following a morpho-stratigraphic approach
where morphology is the dominant character guiding the remote sensing image …

Highly Resolved Topography and Illumination at Mercury's South Pole from MESSENGER MDIS NAC

S Bertone, E Mazarico, MK Barker… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Mercury's south polar region is of particular interest since Arecibo radar measurements
show many high-reflectance regions consistent with ice deposits. However, current elevation …

[HTML][HTML] Laboratory reflectance spectra of enstatite and oldhamite mixtures for comparison with Earth-based reflectance spectra of asteroid 2867 Šteins and Mercury

K Markus, G Arnold, L Moroz, D Henckel… - Planetary and Space …, 2024 - Elsevier
The reflectance spectra of synthetic oldhamite (CaS), synthetic enstatite (Mg 2 Si 2 O 6), and
their mixtures have been studied in the spectral range from 0.3 μm to 16 μm. The spectrum …