Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Gravity, Geodesy and Fundamental Physics with BepiColombo’s MORE Investigation

Published:2021-02 Issue:1 Volume:217 Page:
ISSN:0038-6308
Container-title:Space Science Reviews
language:en
Short-container-title:Space Sci Rev

Author:

Iess L.^ORCID,Asmar S. W.^ORCID,Cappuccio P.^ORCID,Cascioli G.^ORCID,De Marchi F.^ORCID,di Stefano I.^ORCID,Genova A.^ORCID,Ashby N.^ORCID,Barriot J. P.,Bender P.^ORCID,Benedetto C.^ORCID,Border J. S.,Budnik F.,Ciarcia S.,Damour T.^ORCID,Dehant V.^ORCID,Di Achille G.^ORCID,Di Ruscio A.^ORCID,Fienga A.^ORCID,Formaro R.^ORCID,Klioner S.^ORCID,Konopliv A.^ORCID,Lemaître A.,Longo F.^ORCID,Mercolino M.,Mitri G.^ORCID,Notaro V.^ORCID,Olivieri A.,Paik M.,Palli A.,Schettino G.^ORCID,Serra D.^ORCID,Simone L.,Tommei G.^ORCID,Tortora P.^ORCID,Van Hoolst T.^ORCID,Vokrouhlický D.^ORCID,Watkins M.,Wu X.^ORCID,Zannoni M.^ORCID

Abstract

AbstractThe Mercury Orbiter Radio Science Experiment (MORE) of the ESA mission BepiColombo will provide an accurate estimation of Mercury’s gravity field and rotational state, improved tests of general relativity, and a novel deep space navigation system. The key experimental setup entails a highly stable, multi-frequency radio link in X and Ka band, enabling two-way range rate measurements of 3 micron/s at nearly all solar elongation angles. In addition, a high chip rate, pseudo-noise ranging system has already been tested at 1-2 cm accuracy. The tracking data will be used together with the measurements of the Italian Spring Accelerometer to provide a pseudo drag free environment for the data analysis. We summarize the existing literature published over the past years and report on the overall configuration of the experiment, its operations in cruise and at Mercury, and the expected scientific results.

Funder

Agenzia Spaziale Italiana

Università degli Studi di Roma La Sapienza

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

Space and Planetary Science,Astronomy and Astrophysics

Link

http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11214-021-00800-3.pdf

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