Venus evolution through time: key science questions, selected mission concepts and future investigations

T Widemann, SE Smrekar, JB Garvin… - Space Science …, 2023 - Springer
In this work we discuss various selected mission concepts addressing Venus evolution
through time. More specifically, we address investigations and payload instrument concepts …

The BepiColombo planetary magnetometer MPO-MAG: what can we learn from the Hermean magnetic field?

D Heyner, HU Auster, KH Fornaçon, C Carr… - Space Science …, 2021 - Springer
The magnetometer instrument MPO-MAG on-board the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) of
the BepiColombo mission en-route to Mercury is introduced, with its instrument design, its …

A diamond-bearing core-mantle boundary on Mercury

Y Xu, Y Lin, P Wu, O Namur, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Abundant carbon was identified on Mercury by MESSENGER, which is interpreted as the
remnant of a primordial graphite flotation crust, suggesting that the magma ocean and core …

Equation of state of liquid iron under extreme conditions

Y Kuwayama, G Morard, Y Nakajima, K Hirose… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
The density of liquid iron has been determined up to 116 GPa and 4350 K via static
compression experiments following an innovative analysis of diffuse scattering from liquid …

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 …

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 …

Characterization of icy moon hydrospheres through joint inversion of gravity and magnetic field measurements

F Petricca, A Genova, JC Castillo‐Rogez… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Several bodies in the outer solar system are believed to host liquid water oceans
underneath their icy surfaces. Knowledge of the hydrosphere properties is essential for …

The Fe-FeSi phase diagram at Mercury's core conditions

E Edmund, G Morard, MA Baron, A Rivoldini… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Mercury's metallic core is expected to have formed under highly reducing conditions,
resulting in the presence of significant quantities of silicon alloyed to iron. Here we present …

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 …

Review of Mercury's dynamic magnetosphere: Post-MESSENGER era and comparative magnetospheres

W Sun, RM Dewey, S Aizawa, J Huang… - Science China Earth …, 2022 - Springer
This review paper summarizes the research of Mercury's magnetosphere in the Post-
MESSENGER era and compares its dynamics to those in other planetary magnetospheres …