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Oral Programme PS2.1

PS2.1

Mercury
Convener: Johannes Benkhoff  | Co-Convener: Ulrich Christensen 
Oral Programme
 / Fri, 27 Apr, 13:30–17:15  / Room 18
Poster Programme
 / Attendance Thu, 26 Apr, 17:30–19:00  / Hall XL

Friday, 27 April 2012
Room 18
Chairperson: Johannes Benkhoff
New Results from MESSENGER

13:30–13:45
EGU2012-6188
The New View of Mercury after MESSENGER's first year in orbit (solicited) Press & Media
L. M. Prockter, S. C. Solomon, R. L. McNutt, B. J. Anderson, D. T. Blewett, L. G. Evans, R. E. Gold, S. L. Murchie, L. R. Nittler, R. J. Phillips, J. A. Slavin, R. J. Vervack, and M. T. Zuber
13:45–14:15
EGU2012-9925
INVITED Effusive and Explosive Volcanism on Mercury from MESSENGER Orbital Observations (solicited) Press & Media
J.W. Head III, S.C. Solomon, C.I. Fassett, S.L. Murchie, L.M. Prockter, D.T. Blewett, B.W. Denevi, T.R. Watters, R.G. Strom, C.R. Chapman, J.J. Gillis-Davis, M.T. Zuber, D.E. Smith, J. Oberst, K. Gwinner, C.M. Ernst, L.R. Ostrach, P.K. Byrne, C. Klimczak, and Z. Xiao
14:15–14:30
EGU2012-5341
Compositional variations in the distribution of plasma ions in Mercury's magnetosphere: The first Mercury year of MESSENGER observations
J. M. Raines, D. J. Gershman, T. H. Zurbuchen, M. Sarantos, J. A. Slavin, J. A. Gilbert, H. Korth, B. J. Anderson, G. Gloeckler, S. Krimigis, D. N. Baker, R. L. McNutt Jr., and S. C. Solomon
14:30–14:45
EGU2012-9701
Dynamics of Energetic Electrons in Mercury's Magnetosphere
G. C. Ho, S. M. Krimigis, R. E. Gold, D. N. Baker, J. A. Slavin, B. A. Anderson, R. L. McNutt, and S. C. Solomon
14:45–15:00
EGU2012-3813
MESSENGER Observations of Magnetopause Reconnection and Its Effects on Mercury's Magnetosphere
J. A. Slavin, G. A. DiBraccio, J. M. Raines, T. H. Zurbuchen, G. Gloeckler, S. A. Boardsen, M. Sarantos, T. Sundberg, B. J. Anderson, H. Korth, G. C. Ho, S. M. Krimigis, R. L. McNutt, D. N. Baker, and S. C. Solomon
COFFEE BREAK
Mercury's Surface

15:30–15:45
EGU2012-5146
Mercury - the hollow planet
D A Rothery
15:45–16:00
EGU2012-6099
Studying basalts spectra in the VNIR and MidIR: what we could learn integrating data from VIHI and MERTIS the spectrometers onboard BepiColombo
C. Carli, F. Capaccioni, A. Maturilli, E. Ammannito, S. Ferrari, F. Nestola, J. Helbert, M. Massironi, M. Sgavetti, and G. Serventi
16:00–16:15
EGU2012-10457
Analysis of data from LEND instrument on LRO: May water deposits be expected on poles of Mercury?
I. Mitrofanov
Mercury's Interior

16:15–16:30
EGU2012-5462
The influence of an inner core and tides on Mercury's longitudinal libration
T. Van Hoolst, A. Rivoldini, R.-M. Baland, and M. Yseboodt
16:30–16:45
EGU2012-7626
Mercury's thermo-chemical evolution from numerical models constrained by Messenger observations
N. Tosi, D. Breuer, A.C. Plesa, F. Wagner, and M. Laneuville
16:45–17:00
EGU2012-11449
Mercury's Gravity Field from BepiColombo MORE experiment
M. Marabucci, A. Genova, and L. Iess
17:00–17:15
EGU2012-3253
Insight into Mercury's interior structure from recent data on its gravity field and spin state
A. Rivoldini and T. Van Hoolst