2020
DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00717-3
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Abstract: The Solar Intensity X-ray and particle Spectrometer (SIXS) on the BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (“Bepi”) measures the direct solar X-rays, energetic protons, and electrons that bombard, and interact with, the Hermean surface. The interactions result in X-ray fluorescence and scattering, and particle induced X-ray emission (PIXE), i.e. “glow” of the surface in X-rays. Simultaneous monitoring of the incident and emitted radiation enables derivation of the abundances of some chemical elements and scatteri… Show more

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“…MESSENGER provided continuous measurements of the magnetic field (Anderson et al, 2007) and plasma compositions (Andrews et al, 2007) around Mercury's magnetosphere. The Bepi-Colombo mission is currently en route to Mercury (e.g., Milillo et al, 2020), which was launched on 20 October 2018 and is planned to insert into Mercury's orbit in December 2025. The BepiColombo mission consists of two spacecraft, which are the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (Mio).…”
Section: Introduction 11 Planet Mercury In Solar Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…MESSENGER provided continuous measurements of the magnetic field (Anderson et al, 2007) and plasma compositions (Andrews et al, 2007) around Mercury's magnetosphere. The Bepi-Colombo mission is currently en route to Mercury (e.g., Milillo et al, 2020), which was launched on 20 October 2018 and is planned to insert into Mercury's orbit in December 2025. The BepiColombo mission consists of two spacecraft, which are the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and the Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (Mio).…”
Section: Introduction 11 Planet Mercury In Solar Systemmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…17). MIXS will observe these fluorescent X-ray photons, while the Solar Intensity X-ray Spectrometer (SIXS, Huovelin et al 2020) simultaneously observes the spectrum of Fig. 17 Schematic diagram of the production of X-rays by fluorescence of atoms on the surface of Mercury when they are illuminated by solar coronal X-rays X-rays emitted by the Sun.…”
Section: Surface and Compositionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The Xray state varies rapidly and unpredictably on short timescales, but on long timescales varies along with several other indicators of solar activity on a cycle of approximately 11 years. BepiColombo's arrival at Mercury in late 2025 occurs shortly after the predicted maximum of solar cycle 25 (e.g., Labonville et al 2019).…”
Section: Operation Plansmentioning
confidence: 99%
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