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 …

Studying the composition and mineralogy of the Hermean surface with the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo …

H Hiesinger, J Helbert, G Alemanno, KE Bauch… - Space Science …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Launched onboard the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) in October
2018, the Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) is on its way to …

The distribution and origin of smooth plains on Mercury

BW Denevi, CM Ernst, HM Meyer… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Orbital images from the MESSENGER spacecraft show that~ 27% of Mercury's surface is
covered by smooth plains, the majority (> 65%) of which are interpreted to be volcanic in …

[КНИГА][B] Life in the Universe

D Schulze-Makuch, LN Irwin - 2004 - Springer
While grounded in the hard sciences of physics, chemistry, geology, and astronomy, as well
as well-accepted principles in the life sciences, astrobiology remains the most speculative of …

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 …

The chemical composition of Mercury

LR Nittler, NL Chabot, TL Grove… - Mercury: The view after …, 2018 - books.google.com
Chemical composition is a fundamental property of any planetary body. The bulk
composition is determined by starting materials (the compositions of which are set by …

Widespread effusive volcanism on Mercury likely ended by about 3.5 Ga

PK Byrne, LR Ostrach, CI Fassett… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Crater size–frequency analyses have shown that the largest volcanic plains deposits on
Mercury were emplaced around 3.7 Ga, as determined with recent model production …

Orbital multispectral map** of Mercury with the MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System: Evidence for the origins of plains units and low-reflectance material

SL Murchie, RL Klima, BW Denevi, CM Ernst… - Icarus, 2015 - Elsevier
A principal data product from MESSENGER's primary orbital mission at Mercury is a global
multispectral map in eight visible to near-infrared colors, at an average pixel scale of 1 km …

Silicate mineralogy at the surface of Mercury

O Namur, B Charlier - Nature Geoscience, 2017 - nature.com
NASA's MESSENGER spacecraft has revealed geochemical diversity across Mercury's
volcanic crust. Near-infrared to ultraviolet spectra and images have provided evidence for …

The low-iron, reduced surface of Mercury as seen in spectral reflectance by MESSENGER

NR Izenberg, RL Klima, SL Murchie, DT Blewett… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
The MESSENGER spacecraft's Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition
Spectrometer (MASCS) obtained more than 1.6 million reflectance spectra of Mercury's …