2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00694-7
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Rationale for BepiColombo Studies of Mercury’s Surface and Composition

Abstract: 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 Mercury’s surface than the suite carried by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft. Moreover, BepiColombo’s data rate is substantially higher. This equips it to confirm, elaborate upon, and go beyond many of MESSENGER’s remarkable achievements. Furthermore, the geometry of BepiColombo’s orbital science campaign, beginning in 2026, will enable it to m… Show more

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“…Determination of the nature and rate of hollow formation process is one of the objectives of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury (Rothery et al., 2020). In particular, VIHI (Visual and Infrared Hyperspectral Imager) on the instrumental suite SIMBIO‐SYS (Spectrometer and Imaging for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYS‐tem; Cremonese et al., 2020; Flamini et al., 2010) should be able to confirm the validity of the scenario proposed in Figure 14.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Determination of the nature and rate of hollow formation process is one of the objectives of the BepiColombo mission to Mercury (Rothery et al., 2020). In particular, VIHI (Visual and Infrared Hyperspectral Imager) on the instrumental suite SIMBIO‐SYS (Spectrometer and Imaging for MPO BepiColombo Integrated Observatory SYS‐tem; Cremonese et al., 2020; Flamini et al., 2010) should be able to confirm the validity of the scenario proposed in Figure 14.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In conclusion, this is not a major science objective of SERENA, but the comparison of this surface composition analysis with the most specifically devoted observations by MIXS and SIMBIO-SYS from MPO could be intriguing, too (Rothery et al 2020 ).…”
Section: Serena Science Objectivesmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…The surface of, for example, Mercury shows a range from −180 °C to 430 °C (Rothery et al. 2020). Especially high temperature will affect spectral features (band shape and position), but also the high vacuum conditions (e.g., Donaldson‐Hanna et al.…”
Section: Methodsmentioning
confidence: 99%