Oral Programme TP2

Mercury
Convener: J. Benkhoff 
Co-Convener: S. C. Solomon
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Tuesday, 15 Sep 2009
Room: LR1
Chairperson: J. Benkhoff
New Results from MERCURY

09:00–09:15
EPSC2009-212
S. C. Solomon, R. L. McNutt Jr., B. J. Anderson, D. L. Domingue, L. G. Evans, R. E. Gold, J. W. Head, S. M. Krimigis, S. L. Murchie, L. R. Nittler, R. J. Phillips, J. A. Slavin, and M. T. Zuber
MESSENGER’S first and second flybys of Mercury: A scientific overview

09:15–09:30
EPSC2009-653
M. T. Zuber, D.E. Smith, R.J. Phillips, S.C. Solomon, and J. Oberst
The Equatorial Shape, Topography and Gravity of Mercury from the MESSENGER Flybys of 2008

09:30–09:45
EPSC2009-340
L.M. Prockter, O.S. Barnouin-Jha, S.L. Solomon, C.R. Chapman, B.W. Denevi, J.W. Head, T.R. Watters, D.T. Blewett, and J. Gillis-Davis
Mercury’s Raditladi basin: A puzzling example of extensional tectonics in an unusually young impact feature

09:45–10:00
EPSC2009-552
M. D'Amore, J. Helbert, A. Maturilli, N. R. Izenberg, A. L. Sprague, G. M. Holsclaw, J. W. Head, W. E. McClintock, and S. C. Solomon
Compositional units along the M1 and M2 MASCS ground tracks from prinicipal component and clustering analyses

10:00–10:15
EPSC2009-384
S. M. Krimigis, J. A. Slavin, M. A. Acuna, B. J. Anderson, D. N. Baker, M. Benna, S. A. Boardsen, G. Gloeckler, R. E. Gold, G. C. Ho and the MESSENGER Atmosphere-Magnetosphere Discipline Group Team
MESSENGER observations of Mercury’s Dynamic Atmosphere and Magnetosphere

10:15–10:30
EPSC2009-610
I. Alekseev, E. Belenkaya, J. Slavin, B. Anderson, D. Baker, S. Boardsen, C. Johnson, H. Korth, M. Purucker, and S. Solomon
Mercury’s magnetospheric magnetic field after the first and second MESSENGER flybys (withdrawn)

Coffee Break
Chairperson: S. C. Solomon
Modelling Mercury

11:00–11:15
EPSC2009-231
R. Ziethe and J. Benkhoff
The Thermal Evolution of Mercury and the Implications for Volcanism, Topography and Geoid

11:15–11:30
EPSC2009-420
A. Mura, A. Milillo, S. Orsini, C. Plainaki, A.M. Di Lellis, E. De Angelis, V. Mangano, and S. Massetti
Proton precipitation and backscattering on Mercury surface

11:30–11:40
EPSC2009-371
G. Pfyffer, T. Van Hoolst, and V. Dehant
Libration and obliquity of Mercury from the BepiColombo radio science and camera experiments

11:40–11:50
EPSC2009-566
S. Sasaki, T. Hiroi, T. Arai, and J. Helbert
Space Weathering on Mercury: Simulation of Plagioclase Weathering

11:50–12:00
EPSC2009-695
M. Zusi, L. Colangeli, G. Marra, E. Mazzotta Epifani, P. Palumbo, S. Debei, and E. Flamini
The High Resolution Imaging Channel of the SIMBIO-SYS instrument aboard the BepiColombo mission to Mercury

12:00–12:30Panel Discussion: Mercury - implications of new results and models for future observations


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