MPS: „Regen“ aus Elektronen erzeugt Merkurs Polarlichter
Beim ihrem ersten Vorbeiflug am Merkur fing die Sonde BepiColombo einzigartige Messdaten ein. Sie helfen, die Röntgenlicht-Polarlichter des Planeten zu verstehen. Eine Pressemitteilung des Max-Planck-Instituts für Sonnensystemforschung. #MPS #merkur #BepiColombo
https://www.raumfahrer.net/mps-regen-aus-elektronen-erzeugt-merkurs-polarlichter/

Gizmodo: Mercury Probe Flies Through Charged Particle Rain That Triggers the Planet's Auroras https://gizmodo.com/bepicolombo-explores-mercury-mysterious-x-ray-auroras-1850652094 #instituteofspaceandastronauticalscience #technologyinternet #missionstomercury #disasteraccident #spaceexploration #moonsofjupiter #gravityassist #spaceplasmas #bepicolombo #environment #saeaizawa #messenger #solarwind #mercury #aurora #io

#Verpasstodon

ESA-Sonde BepiColombo: Selfies vom dritten Vorbeiflug am Merkur

Die Weltraumsonde BepiColombo muss mehrfach am Merkur abbremsen, bevor sie in einen Orbit eintreten kann. Nun hat das dritte Manöver am Zielplaneten geklappt.

https://www.heise.de/news/ESA-Sonde-BepiColombo-Selfies-vom-dritten-Vorbeiflug-am-Merkur-9192705.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege

#BepiColombo #ESA #JAXA #Merkur #Raumfahrt

Europe's #BepiColombo spacecraft zooms close by #Mercury, snaps images...
https://www.space.com/mercury-flyby-bepicolombo-spacecraft-june-2023
Although Mercury is on average 10 times closer to Earth than Jupiter is, it takes just as long to get to the innermost planet as it does to reach the gas giant. That's because a Mercury-bound spacecraft has to constantly brake against the powerful gravitational pull of the sun.

ESA’s BepiColombo probe conducts third flyby of Mercury https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/bepicolombo-flyby-3/ #international #bepicolombo #european #featured #mercury #science #flyby #other #venus #esa

More #BepiColombo images from the last #GravityAssist flyby at #Mercury animated and processed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pujIIK4NNQ <- https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby_the_movie -> https://www.facebook.com/Mercury.3488/posts/pfbid09FqkApJNSRARHW8y8wB8WqctqM5yejN1kEwvvB24AoyTtmZqfrrize2NjQiWGnagl. And an anaglyph 3D image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/06/BepiColombo_s_Mercury_flyby_in_3D

More #BepiColombo images from the last #GravityAssist flyby at #Mercury animated and processed: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pujIIK4NNQ <- https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby_the_movie -> https://www.facebook.com/Mercury.3488/posts/pfbid09FqkApJNSRARHW8y8wB8WqctqM5yejN1kEwvvB24AoyTtmZqfrrize2NjQiWGnagl. And an anaglyph 3D image: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Images/2023/06/BepiColombo_s_Mercury_flyby_in_3D

ESA’s BepiColombo probe conducts third flyby of Mercury
https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2023/06/bepicolombo-flyby-3/

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) BepiColombo spacecraft, which is in the midst of its seven-year… The post ESA’s BepiColombo probe conducts third flyby of Mercury appeared first on NASASpaceFlight.com .
#European #Featured #International #Other #Science #BepiColombo #ESA #flyby #Mercury #Venus

Here are close-up images of Beagle Rupes taken by the NASA MESSENGER spacecraft.

Image 1: July 15, 2011, Beagle Rupes deforming and shortening the elliptical impact crater Sveinsdóttir in the bottom left corner of the image.

Image 2: 14 January 2008. Mosaic by @elakdawalla

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/multimedia/messenger_orbit_image20110715_1.html
https://www.planetary.org/space-images/beagle-rupes-mercury

#BepiColombo #Mercury #ESA #NASA #MESSENGER
6/n

Here is some info on the nomenclature of geological features on Mercury.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geological_features_on_Mercury
#BepiColombo #Mercury #ESA
5/n

@mightyspaceman
This earlier thread has some info on Edna Manley, Jamaican sculptor, painter, and printmaker (1900-1987).
https://fosstodon.org/@AkaSci/110578016776068910
#BepiColombo #Mercury #EdnaManley

Why is Beagle Rupes named after a famous ship?
It turns out that all Rupes (escarpments) on Mercury are named after ships of famous explorers.
Here is a partial list of other Rubes and the origin of their names.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geological_features_on_Mercury
#BepiColombo #Mercury #ESA
4/n

Here is some info on the Beagle Rupes escarpment from https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/14390.
The image shows other craters and Rupes in the neighborhood of the Beagle Rupes.

Rupes is the Latin word for 'cliff'. It is used in planetary geology to refer to escarpments on other worlds

List of geological features on Mercury - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geological_features_on_Mercury
Beagle Rupes wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beagle_Rupes
#BepiColombo #Mercury #ESA
3/n

The 2nd part of the movie features the 600 km-long curved escarpment known as Beagle Rupes and the 218 km-wide Manley Crater, newly named for the Jamaican artist Edna Manley.

Beagle Rupes, named after the after the HMS Beagle, was discovered in 2008 by MESSENGER. The scarp is a surface manifestation of a thrust fault, which formed when the planet contracted as its interior cooled.

Rupes is the Latin word for 'cliff'.

https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby_the_movie
#BepiColombo #Mercury #ESA
2/n

Here is the much awaited video of BepiColombo Mercury flyby #3 on June 20.
The 1st part of the movie is composed of 217 images taken by M-CAM3.
Start time:19:46:25 UTC, Jun 19 2023
Start alt: 1,789 km
End time: 20:34:25 UTC, Jun 20 2023
End alt: 331,755 km
Avg relative velocity = 3.7 km/s

Music composed by ILĀ, with the assistance of AI tools developed by the Machine Intelligence for Musical Audio (MIMA) group, University of Sheffield.

#BepiColombo #Mercury #ESA #JAXA
1/n

BepiColombo stuurt mooie foto’s van Mercurius naar de Aarde

De Europese ruimtesonde BepiColombo maakte op maandag 19 juni zijn derde scheervlucht langs zijn doelplaneet Mercurius en onthulde een oppervlak vol met kraters, waaronder een die net een naam heeft gekregen.

https://www.kuuke.nl/bepicolombo-stuurt-mooie-fotos-van-mercurius-naar-de-aarde/

#bepicolombo #esa #jaxa #mercurius #scheervlucht

#ESA-Sonde #BepiColombo:
Drittes von insgesamt sechs #Flyby-Manövern am #Merkur erfolgreich absolviert. Diese dienen zum Abbremsen der #Raumsonde, um ab 2025 in eine #Umlaufbahn um den Planeten einschwenken zu können.

https://futurezone.at/science/esa-sonde-bepicolombo-merkur-vorbeiflug-bilder/402493890

https://www.heise.de/news/ESA-Sonde-BepiColombo-Selfies-vom-dritten-Vorbeiflug-am-Merkur-9192705.html

The ESA/JAXA #BepiColombo mission has made its third of six #GravityAssist flybys at #Mercury, snapping images of a newly named impact crater as well as tectonic and volcanic curiosities as it adjusts its trajectory for entering Mercury orbit in 2025: https://www.esa.int/Science_Exploration/Space_Science/BepiColombo/A_trio_of_images_highlight_BepiColombo_s_third_Mercury_flyby

Here are some photographs of Edna Manley and her artwork from the twitter site of Edna Manley College in Jamaica - https://twitter.com/EMCJamaica
More info about Edna Manley at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Manley
#BepiColombo #Mercury #EdnaManley #Manley
14/n

Here is some more info on crater Manley, which was recently named, on Jun 13, 2023, after Jamaican sculptor, painter, and printmaker Edna Manley (1900-1987) .
https://planetarynames.wr.usgs.gov/Feature/16218
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Manley
#BepiColombo #Mercury #EdnaManley #Manley
13/n