SIMBIO-SYS: scientific cameras and spectrometer for the BepiColombo mission

G Cremonese, F Capaccioni, MT Capria… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The SIMBIO-SYS (Spectrometer and Imaging for MPO BepiColombo Integrated
Observatory SYStem) is a complex instrument suite part of the scientific payload of the …

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 …

The dominant role of semi-arid ecosystems in the trend and variability of the land CO2 sink

A Ahlström, MR Raupach, G Schurgers, B Smith… - Science, 2015 - science.org
The growth rate of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations since industrialization
is characterized by large interannual variability, mostly resulting from variability in CO2 …

Report of the IAU working group on cartographic coordinates and rotational elements: 2015

BA Archinal, CH Acton, MF A'hearn, A Conrad… - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2018 - Springer
This report continues the practice where the IAU Working Group on Cartographic
Coordinates and Rotational Elements revises recommendations regarding those topics for …

Precession of Mercury's Perihelion from Ranging to the MESSENGER Spacecraft

RS Park, WM Folkner, AS Konopliv… - The Astronomical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The perihelion of Mercury's orbit precesses due to perturbations from other solar system
bodies, solar quadrupole moment (J 2), and relativistic gravitational effects that are …

Seasonal and static gravity field of Mars from MGS, Mars Odyssey and MRO radio science

A Genova, S Goossens, FG Lemoine, E Mazarico… - Icarus, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a spherical harmonic solution of the static gravity field of Mars to degree and
order 120, GMM-3, that has been calculated using the Deep Space Network tracking data of …

Geodetic evidence that Mercury has a solid inner core

A Genova, S Goossens, E Mazarico… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Geodetic analysis of radio tracking measurements of the MErcury Surface, Space
ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging spacecraft while in orbit about Mercury has …

Solar system expansion and strong equivalence principle as seen by the NASA MESSENGER mission

A Genova, E Mazarico, S Goossens… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
The NASA MESSENGER mission explored the innermost planet of the solar system and
obtained a rich data set of range measurements for the determination of Mercury's …

High‐resolution gravity field models from GRAIL data and implications for models of the density structure of the Moon's crust

S Goossens, TJ Sabaka, MA Wieczorek… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We present our latest high‐resolution lunar gravity field model of degree and order 1200 in
spherical harmonics using Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory (GRAIL) data. In …

Quantification of tidal parameters from Solar System data

V Lainey - Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, 2016 - Springer
Tidal dissipation is the main driver of orbital evolution of natural satellites and a key point to
understand the exoplanetary system configurations. Despite its importance, its quantification …