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T I I II I II I I I rl I Abstract Volume LPI LPI Contribution No. 1097 II I II III I • • WORKSHOP ON MERCURY: SPACE ENVIRONMENT, SURFACE, AND INTERIOR The Field Museum Chicago, Illinois October 4-5, 2001 Conveners Mark Robinbson, Northwestern University G. Jeffrey Taylor, University of Hawai'i Sponsored by Lunar and Planetary Institute The Field Museum National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lunar and Planetary Institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113 LPI Contribution No. 1097 Compiled in 2001 by LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE The Institute is operated by the Universities Space Research Association under Contract No. NASW-4574 with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Material in this volume may be copied without restraint for library, abstract service, education, or personal research purposes; however, republication of any paper or portion thereof requires the written permission of the authors as well as the appropriate acknowledgment of this publication .... This volume may be cited as Author A. B. (2001)Title of abstract. In Workshop on Mercury: Space Environment, Surface, and Interior, p. xx. LPI Contribution No. 1097, Lunar and Planetary Institute, Houston. This report is distributed by ORDER DEPARTMENT Lunar and Planetary institute 3600 Bay Area Boulevard Houston TX 77058-1113, USA Phone: 281-486-2172 Fax: 281-486-2186 E-mail: order@lpi:usra.edu Please contact the Order Department for ordering information, i,-J_,.,,,-_r ,_,,,,.r pA<.><--.,// ,: Mercury Workshop 2001 iii / jaO/ Preface This volume contains abstracts that have been accepted for presentation at the Workshop on Mercury: Space Environment, Surface, and Interior, October 4-5, 2001. The Scientific Organizing Committee consisted of Mark Robinson (Northwestern University), Marty Slade (Jet Propulsion Labora- tory), Jim Slavin (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Sean Solomon (Carnegie Institution), Ann Sprague (University of Arizona), Paul Spudis (Lunar and Planetary Institute), G. Jeffrey Taylor (University of Hawai'i), Faith Vilas (NASA Johnson Space Center), Meenakshi Wadhwa (The Field Museum), and Thomas Watters (National Air and Space Museum). Logistics, administrative, and publications support were provided by the Publications and Program Services Departments of the Lunar and Planetary Institute. Mercury Workshop 2001 v Contents Mercury's Global Topography from Radar Ranging Data J. D. Anderson, G. Schubert, S. W. Asmar, R. F. Jurgens, E. L. Lau, W. B. Moore, M. A. Slade III, and E. M. Standish Jr ................................................................. 1 Applying Numerical Dynamo Models to Mercury J. M. Aurnou and F. M. Al-Shamali ........................................................................................... 2 Reflectance Spectra of Lunar Pure Anorthosites and of Mercury D. T. Blewett, B. R. Hawke, and P. G. Lucey ............................................................................. 4 ENA Imaging at Mercury? Lessons from IMAGE/HENA P. C. Brandt, D. G. Mitchell, and S. Barabash .......................................................................... 6 Reflectance Spectra of Aubrites, Sulfides, and E Asteroids: Possible Implications for Mercury T. H. Burbine, T. J. McCoy, and E. A. Cloutis ........................................................................... 7 The Nature of the Mercury Polar Radar Features B. J. Butler, M. A. Slade, and D. O. Muhleman ......................................................................... 9 The MESSENGER Science Planning Tool T. H. Choo, S. L. Murchie, and J. S. Jen .................................................................................. 11 A Multi-Colour Imaging System for the Bepi Colombo Mercury Lander L. Colangeli, P. Palumbo, C. Barbieri, G. Bellucci, A. Bini, A. Blanco, G. Cremonese, V. Della Corte, S. Fonti, E. Mazzotta Epifani, G. Preti, H. Yano, and S. Vergara ........................................................................................................... 13 Digital Elevation Model Mosaic of Mercury A. C. Cook, T. R. Watters, and M. S. Robinson ........................................................................ 14 Mid-Infrared Spectra of Mercury B. Cooper, A. E. Potter, R. M. KiIlen, and T. H. Morgan ........................................................ 16 A Wide Angle Camera for Bepi Colombo G. Cremonese, V. Achilli, C. Barbieri, A. Caporali, M. T. Capria, L. CoIangeIi, G. Forlani, S. Fornasier, M. Lazzarin, F. Marzari, L. Marinangeli, G. Naletto, P. Palumbo, R. Ragazzoni, G. Salemi and S. Verani .......................................................... •.................................................................. 18 X-Ray Science on ESA's BepiColombo Mission to Mercury S. K. Dunkin, M. Grande, and B. J. Kellett .............................................................................. 19 vi LPI Contribution No. 1097 Measuring the Chemical Composition of the Surface of Mercury Using Orbital Gamma-Ray and Neutron Spectroscopy C. d'Uston, J. Bru'ckner, IV. C. Feldman, O. Gasnault, N. Hasebe, D. J. Lawrence, S. Maurice, and T. H. Prettyman ................................................................... 21 IMS: The Infrared Mapping Spectrometer of the BepiColombo Mission S. Erard ..................................................................................................................................... 23 The Electron Environment at Mercury R. A. Frahm, R. Link, J. D. Winningham, A. J. Coates, and O. Norberg ................................. 25 Using Remotely Sensed Observations of Ancient Mare Deposits on the Moon as Possible Analogs to the Intercrater Plains on Mercury Z Z Gillis and M. S. Robinson ................................................................................................. 26 Magnetosphere-Regolith/Exosphere Coupling: Differences and Similarities to the Earth Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling J. W. Gjerleov and J. A. Slavin ................................................................................................. 28 The MESSENGER Scientific Payload R. E. Gold, R. L. McNutt Jr., A. G. Santo, S. C. Solomon, and the MESSENGER Team ....................................................................... ' ............................. 29 CIXS -- An X-Ray Spectrometer for ESA's BepiColombo Mission to Mercury M. Grande, S. K. Dunkin, and B. J. Kellett .............................................................................. 31 The Charged Particle Environment of Mercury and Related Electric Phenomena :: R. Grard and H. Laakso ........................................................................................................... 33 BepiCOLOMBO, an Interdisciplinary Mission to the Planet Mercury R. Grard and 7". Mukai ............................................................................................................. 34 Space Weathering and the Composition of the Crust of Mercury B. Hapke ................................................................................................................................... 35 Radar Imaging of Mercury's North and South Poles at 3.5 cm Wavelength L. J. Harcke, H. A. Zebker, R. F. Jurgens, and M. A. Slade ..................................................... 36 Mercury Radar Imaging at Arecibo J. K. Harmon ............................................................................................................................ 38 Mercury's Thermal, Tectonic, and Magmatic Evolution S. A. Hauck 1I, A. J. Dombard, R. J. Phillips, and S. C. Solomon ............................................ 40 Mercury Workshop 2001 vii Overview of the MESSENGER Mercury Dual Imaging System S. E. Hawkins III, J. D. Boldt, E. H. Darlington, M. P. Grey, C. J. Kardian Jr., S. L. Murchie, K. Peacock, E. D. Schaefer, and B. D. Williams .................................................................................................................... 42 Theoretical Aspects of Magma Generation, Ascent and Eruption on Mercury and Comparison with Composition and Morphology of Surface Features J. W. Head and L. Wilson ......................................................................................................... 44 Estimation of Mercury's Obliquity and Physical Librations by Earth-based Radar Speckle Displacement Interferometry L V. HoIin ................................................................................................................................. 46 Neutral Atom Imaging Near Mercury M. HoImstrOm, S. Barabash, and A. Lukyanov ........................................................................ 47 Diurnal Variation of Na and K at Mercury D. M. Hunten and A. L. Sprague .............................................................................................. 48 On the Modeling of the Mercury-Solar Wind Interaction by a Quasineutral Hybrid Model E. KalIio and P. Janhunen ........................................................................................................ 50 In Search of Lunar Like Rilles on Mercury A. Kereszturi ............................................................................................................................. 51 Ar Atmosphere: Implications for Structure and Composition of Mercury' s Crust R. M. KilIen and T. H. Morgan ............................................................. •................................... 53 Measuring the Plasma Environment at Mercury: The Fast Imaging Plasma Spectrometer P. L. Koehn, T. H. Zurbuchen, L. A. Fisk, and G. Gloeckler