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Title: | Color variations on Victoria quadrangle: support for the geological mapping | Authors: | ZAMBON, Francesca GALLUZZI, VALENTINA CARLI, CRISTIAN GIACOMINI, LIVIA Massironi, M PALUMBO, PASQUALE GUZZETTA, Laura Giovanna Mancinelli, P. Vivaldi, V. Ferranti, L. Pauselli, C. FRIGERI, ALESSANDRO ZUSI, MICHELE Pozzobon, R. CREMONESE, Gabriele Ferrari, S. CAPACCIONI, FABRIZIO |
Issue Date: | 2015 | Volume: | European Planetary Science Congress 2015 (EPCS) | First Page: | EPSC2015-826 | Abstract: | Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. Its extreme thermal environment makes it difficult to explore onsite. In 1974, Mariner 10, the first mission dedicated to Mercury, covered 45% of the surface during of the three Hermean flybys [1]. For about 30 years after Mariner 10, no other mission has flownto Mercury. Many unresolved issues need an answer, and in recent years the interest about Mercury has increased. MESSENGER mission contributed to understand Mercury's origin, its surface structure, and the nature of its magnetic field, exosphere, and magnetosphere [1]. The Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) provided a global coverage of Mercury surface with variable spatial resolution. MDIS is equipped with a narrow angle camera (NAC), dedicated to the study of the geology and a wide angle camera (WAC) with 12 filters useful to investigate the surface composition[2]. Mercury has been divided into 15 quadrangles for mapping purposes [3]. The mapping process permits integration of different geological surface information to better understand the planet crust formation and evolution. Merging spectroscopically data is a poorly followed approach in planetary mapping, but it gives additional information about lithological composition, contributing to the construction of a more complete geological map [e.g. 4]. Recently, [5] proposed a first detailed map of all the Victoria quadrangle (H2). Victoria quadrangle is located in a longitude range between 270°E and 360°E and a latitude range of 22.5°N and 65°N,and itwas only partially mapped by Mariner 10 data[3]. Here we investigate the lithological variation by using the MDIS-WAC data to produce a set of color map products which could be asupport to the geological mapping [5]. The future ESA-JAXA mission to Mercury, BepiColombo, will soon contribute to improve the knowledge of Mercury surface composition and geology thanks to the Spectrometer and Imagers for MPO BepiColombo-Integrated Observatory SYStem (SIMBIO-SYS)[6]. | Conference Name: | European Planetary Science Congress 2015 (EPCS) | Conference Place: | La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France | Conference Date: | 27 September-2 October, 2015 | URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12386/26009 | URL: | https://www.epsc2015.eu/ | Bibcode ADS: | 2015EPSC...10..826Z | Fulltext: | open |
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