Session Details
[P-PS04]Mercury Science and Exploration
Sun. May 25, 2025 5:15 PM - 7:15 PM JST
Sun. May 25, 2025 8:15 AM - 10:15 AM UTC
Sun. May 25, 2025 8:15 AM - 10:15 AM UTC
Poster Hall Exhibition Hall 7&8, Makuhari Messe
convener:Go Murakami(Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency), Sae Aizawa(Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS), Yuki Harada(Kyoto University), Shunichi Kamata(Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University)
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.
[PPS04-P01]Could Solar Wind Have Decreased Permeability on Mercury and Other Airless Worlds?★Invited Papers
*Alexis P. Rodriguez1, Deborah Domingue2, Chloe Marini3 (1.NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. , 2.Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, Arizona, USA., 3.University of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, Alabama, USA. )
[PPS04-P02]The dependence of Mercury’s magnetotail protons on IMF directions: MESSENGER observations
*Tomoki Mori1, Yuki Harada1, Sae Aizawa2 (1.Kyoto University, 2.Laboratoire de Physique des Plasmas, CNRS)
[PPS04-P03]Daytime observation of Mercury with a visible adaptive otpics installed on Tohoku 60-cm telescope at Haleakala observatory
*Masato Kagitani1, Yasumasa Kasaba1, Naoko Takatori1 (1.Planetary Plasma and Atmospheric Research Center, Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University)
[PPS04-P04]Mercurian magma ocean crystallization as a function of oxygen fugacity and sulfur content
*Jiejun Jing1,2, Jurrien S. Knibbe2, Paul ten Dam2, Yong Wu3, Qing-Han Yuan4, Ben-Xun Su4, Wim van Westrenen2 (1.Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, 2.Departement of Earth Sciences, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, 3.Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology, 4.Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences)