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) | Working Group of apl. Prof. Bischoff |
| Hiesinger, Harald | Professorship for geological planetology (Prof. Hiesinger) |
Applicants from the University of Münster
| Bischoff, Addi (Adolf) | Working Group of apl. Prof. Bischoff |
| Hiesinger, Harald | Professorship for geological planetology (Prof. Hiesinger) |
Research associates from the University of Münster
| Klemm, Kerstin | Professorship for experimental and analytical planetology (Prof. Kleine) |
| Moroz, Liubov | Professorship for geological planetology (Prof. Hiesinger) |
| Multhaup, Kai | Institute for Planetology |
| Rout, Surya Snata | Professorship for geological planetology (Prof. Hiesinger) |
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