Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006dps....38.5706a&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #57.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.589
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Radio science experiments on the ESA BepiColombo mission to Mercury will provide a detailed mapping of the planet's gravity field leading to important information about its deep internal structure. With advanced instrumentation including dual links to fully calibrate the interplanetary plasma, the quality of the data will enable a solution of the harmonic coefficients of the gravity field through degree and order 25 and a determination of the Love number k2 as well as the moments of inertia of the whole planet and its mantle, from the amplitude of the physical librations in longitude and the obliquity (obtained from optical imaging of the surface and radio observations). This poster will describe the expected science products as well as the approach and instrumentation. A brief discussion of tests of aspects of the Theory of General Relativity will also be described.
Asmar Sami
Iess Luciano
MORE Team
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