Mercury Radiometer & Thermal Infrared Spectrometer, Phase B/C1 (MERTIS)
Basic data for this project
Type of project: Participation in other joint projects
Duration at the University of Münster: 30/06/2006 - 28/02/2009
Description
Selected by ESA to be one of the eleven instruments aboard the MPO spacecraft of the BepiColombo mission, MERTIS will map the surface mineralogy of planet Mercury with a spatial resolution of at least 500 meters. It is an imaging spectrometer covering the thermal infrared, or IR, range and also contains a radiometer for thermal inertia measurements. The goals of Phase B/C1 are to define the instrument, to select technical solutions for the chosen concept, and to create an early design. Launch of the BepiColombo mission atop ESA's Ariane V launcher is planned for 2014. The journey to Mercury will take six years to complete.
Keywords: Mercury; Infrared spectroscopy; BepiColombo
Website of the project: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Planetology/ifp/research/geologischeplanetologie/MERTIS.html
Funding identifier: 50QW0601
Funder / funding scheme:
- Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE)
Project management at the University of Münster
| Bischoff, Addi (Adolf) | |
| Hiesinger, Harald |
Applicants from the University of Münster
| Bischoff, Addi (Adolf) | |
| Hiesinger, Harald |
Research associates from the University of Münster
| Klemm, Kerstin | |
| Moroz, Liubov | |
| Multhaup, Kai | |
| Rout, Surya Snata |
Project partners outside the University of Münster
- Astro- und Feinwerktechnik Adlershof GmbHGermany
- Erwin Kayser-Threde GmbHGermany
- Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN)Poland
- German Aerospace Center (DLR)Germany
- Ingenieurbüro UlmerGermany
Projects of the previous funding period
Duration: 01/04/2005 - 30/04/2006 Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Type of project: Participation in other joint projects |
Projects of the following funding period
Duration: 01/03/2009 - 28/02/2013 Funded by: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Type of project: Participation in other joint projects |
Publications of the University of Münster resulting from the project
Autor des Berichts: Kai Multhaup (2009) Münster: Selbstverlag / Eigenverlag. Working paper | Published | |
Zeh, T.; Kaiser, S.; Glier, M.; Lenfert, K.; Peter, G.; Walter, I.; Hirsch, H.; Knollenberg, J.; Helbert, J.; Multhaup, K.; Hiesinger, H.; Gebhardt, A.; Risse, S.; Damm, C.; Eberhardt, R. (2008) In: (eds.), . (kein Verlag angegeben). Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Published | |
Multhaup, K., Hiesinger, H., Helbert, J. and the MERTIS team (2008) In: (eds.), . (kein Verlag angegeben). Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Published | |
Bauch Karin, Hiesinger Harald, Helbert Jörn (2011) In: (eds.), . (kein Verlag angegeben). Research article in edited proceedings (conference) | Published |