Space and Planetary Sciences (P)
Session Sub-category Planetary Sciences(PS)
Session ID P-PS05
Title Mercury Science and Exploration
Short Title Mercury Science and Exploration
Main Convener Name Go Murakami
Affiliation Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Co-Convener 1 Name Sae Aizawa
Affiliation Institute de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planetologie
Co-Convener 2 Name Yuki Harada
Affiliation Kyoto University
Co-Convener 3 Name Shunichi Kamata
Affiliation Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
Session Language 
E
Scope 
Mercury, the innermost planet in our Solar System, with its unique features, holds vital clues to understanding the evolution of terrestrial planets and the solar system. NASA's Mariner-10 and MESSENGER missions provided valuable insights but also left outstanding questions. These will soon to be addressed by the joint ESA-JAXA two spacecraft mission, BepiColombo, which is currently en route to Mercury and has already conducted several flybys. This session welcomes contributions on all aspects of Mercury's environment, including its origin, formation, geology, surface composition, interior structure, exosphere, magnetosphere, gravity, and magnetic fields, as well as their coupling using various research methods such as modeling, laboratory experiments, and observations (ground-based, remote-sensing, and in-situ). We also encourage early analyses of BepiColombo flyby data and discussions regarding future missions to Mercury.
Presentation Format Oral and Poster presentation
Invited Authors Jean-Yves Chaufray (LATMOS-CNRS)
Johannes Benkhoff
Weijie Sun (Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley)
Oceane Barraud (German Aerospace Center Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin)
Time Presentation No Title Presenter
Oral Presentation May 31 PM1
13:45 - 14:00 PPS05-01 BepiColombo en route to Mercury: Mission Overview and First Results Johannes Benkhoff
14:00 - 14:15 PPS05-02 MERTIS - The MErcury Radiometer and Thermal infrared Imaging Spectrometer on its way to Mercury Jorn Helbert
14:15 - 14:35 PPS05-03 Temperature and composition dependent space-weathering on Mercury Oceane Barraud
14:35 - 14:55 PPS05-04 Simulation of the Ca emission at Mercury and comparison with the observations by PHEBUS/BepiColombo during the first three flybys. Jean-Yves Chaufray
14:55 - 15:15 PPS05-05 Solar wind-magnetosphere-surface coupling and planetary ion escape in Mercury’s magnetosphere Weijie Sun
Oral Presentation May 31 PM2
15:30 - 15:45 PPS05-06 Geochemical end-members around the Caloris basin on Mercury: Insights into magmatic diversity and evolution Kaori Hirata
15:45 - 16:00 PPS05-07 Comparison of exospheric Mg distributions observed by BepiColombo/PHEBUS during the 2nd and 3rd Mercury swing-bys Yudai Suzuki
16:00 - 16:15 PPS05-08 Effects of the solar wind conditions on the cusp location (Na source region) in Mercury’s magnetosphere Kanako Seki
16:15 - 16:30 PPS05-09 Mercury's magnetotail twist: Predicting MPO and Mio observations Willi Exner
16:30 - 16:45 PPS05-10 Whistler-mode Waves observed during Mercury flybys by BepiColombo/Mio PWI Yasumasa Kasaba
Presentation No Title Presenter
Poster Presentation May 31 PM3
PPS05-P01 Overview of the initial results from BepiColombo Mercury flybys Go Murakami
PPS05-P02 Observations and Test Particle Simulations of Low-energy Ions in Mercury's Magnetosphere Yuki Harada
PPS05-P03 Hybrid particle simulation for ions dynamics in Mercury's inner Magnetosphere Toramaru Takamura
PPS05-P04 Statistical analysis of the characteristic magnetic field structure in Mercury’s nightside magnetosphere Takuro OGAWA
PPS05-P05 Adaptive optics system of Tohoku 60cm telescope at Haleakala observatory for daytime monitoring of Mercury's sodium exosphere Masato Kagitani
PPS05-P06 Stably Stratified Layer in Mercury’s Outer Core: Insights from Axial Symmetry of its Intrinsic Magnetic Field and the Lowes Radius Yuto Yagi
PPS05-P07 Tides on Mercury with a Deep Solid-Liquid Mixed Layer Shunichi Kamata