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 …

BepiColombo science investigations during cruise and flybys at the Earth, Venus and Mercury

V Mangano, M Dósa, M Fränz, A Milillo… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
The dual spacecraft mission BepiColombo is the first joint mission between the European
Space Agency (ESA) and the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to explore …

Update on SO2, detection of OCS, CS, CS2, and SO3, and upper limits of H2S and HOCl in the Venus mesosphere using SOIR on board Venus Express

A Mahieux, S Robert, FP Mills, KL Jessup, L Trompet… - Icarus, 2023 - Elsevier
We report on the update of SO 2 and first detections of SO 3, CS, and CS 2, and detection of
OCS above the cloud deck using the SOIR instrument on-board Venus Express, and upper …

BepiColombo's cruise phase: Unique opportunity for synergistic observations

LZ Hadid, V Génot, S Aizawa, A Milillo… - Frontiers in Astronomy …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The investigation of multi-spacecraft coordinated observations during the cruise phase of
BepiColombo (ESA/JAXA) are reported, with a particular emphasis on the recently launched …

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 …

Volatiles and refractories in surface-bounded exospheres in the inner Solar System

C Grava, RM Killen, M Benna, AA Berezhnoy… - Space science …, 2021 - Springer
Volatiles and refractories represent the two end-members in the volatility range of species in
any surface-bounded exosphere. Volatiles include elements that do not interact strongly with …

Rapid Imaging Planetary Spectrograph

P Lierle, C Schmidt, J Baumgardner… - Publications of the …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Rapid Imaging Planetary Spectrograph (RIPS) was designed as a long-slit high-
resolution spectrograph for the specific application of studying atmospheres of spatially …

Reflectivity of Venus's dayside disk during the 2020 observation campaign: outcomes and future perspectives

YJ Lee, AG Muñoz, A Yamazaki… - The Planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We performed a unique Venus observation campaign to measure the disk brightness of
Venus over a broad range of wavelengths in 2020 August and September. The primary goal …

MESSENGER X‐Ray Observations of Electron Precipitation on the Dayside of Mercury

ST Lindsay, EJ Bunce, SM Imber… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The first maps of electron‐induced X‐ray emission from the dayside of Mercury's surface are
presented, generated by the development of a solar X‐ray flux filter. This enables the …

Transport and distribution of sodium ions in Mercury's magnetosphere: Results from multi‐fluid MHD simulations

Y Chen, C Dong, W Sun - Geophysical Research Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mercury is surrounded by a tenuous neutral exosphere composed primarily of sodium
atoms, which can be continuously ionized. The production of sodium ions is concentrated on …