BepiColombo Mercury Swing-by-2 on 23 June 2022 – An Overview |
Auteur | Zender Joe |
Institution | ESA/ESTEC |
Theme | Theme5 |
| Auteur(s) supplémentaire(s) | J. Zender1, J. Benkhoff1, I. Clerigo2, F. Budnik2, E. Quemerais3, D. Heyner4, A. Kozyrev5, J. Huovelin6, C. Lefevre7, V. Iafolla7, S. Orsini8, G. Murakami9 , L. Iess10, W. Baumjohann11, Y. Kasaba12, Y. Saito9, M. Kobayashi13,B. Sanchez-Cano14, R. Moissl1 |
| Institution(s) supplémentaire(s) | (1) ESA/ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands (2) ESA/ESOC, Darmstadt, Germany (3) LATMOS-OVSQ, Université Versailles Saint-Quentin, 11 boulevard d’Alembert, Guyancourt, France (4) U Braunschweig, Institut für Geophysik und extraterrestrische Physik, Braunschweig, Germany (5) Space Research Institute, Russian Federation (6) Department of Physics, Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland (7) Istituto di Astrofisica e Planetologia Spaziali (IAPS), Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF), Via del Fosso del Cavaliere 100, 00133, Roma, Italy (8) NAF-IAPS, Roma, Italy (9) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan (10) Dipartimento di Ingegneria Meccanica e Aerospaziale, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy (11) Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, 8042 Graz, Austria (12) Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8578, Japan (13) Planetary Explorat |
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Abstract | In the morning of 23 June 2022, the BepiColombo spacecraft ensemble will fly-by Mercury for the 2nd time. The spacecraft will approach the planet from the night side near to equatorial latitudes at a distance around 200 km from its surface. The spacecraft itself will undergo an eclipse period of 18 minutes at the time of the closest approach. Several of the instruments on-board ESA’s Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) - PHEBUS, ISA, MPO-MAG, MGNS, MORE, SIXS, SERENA, BERM, and MCAM - and on JAXA’s Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO) – MGF, MPPE, SPM, MDM, and PWI -will operate before, during, or after the closest approach (CA).
We will present the detailed geometry of this second fly-by, the overall instrument planning including the scientific and engineering goals, and the foreseen public outreach activities.
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