4 papers · 1 filter
Prospects for Mercury Observations with the BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA): Implications for Estimating Surface Roughness from Laser Altimetry
Gaku Nishiyama, Alexander Stark, Christian Hüttig +12
Surface reflectance and roughness are key to understanding Mercury's geologic evolution. The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) will measure these properties alongside topography,…
Joint dynamical-geophysical evidence for a limit cycle in the Galilean moons
Amirhossein Bagheri, Steven Vance, Jim Fuller +5
Io, Europa, and Ganymede orbit in the Laplace mean-motion resonance, where their orbital and thermochemical evolution are strongly coupled [1-5]. Forced eccentricities sustain tida…
Simulation of laser travel-time on Mercury for BELA
Jean Barron, Frédéric Schmidt, François Andrieu +3
Recent laser altimeters are able to not only measure the ranging distance between the spacecraft and the surface but also the full time-of-flight of the photons or pulse shape. Thi…
NovaMoon: A Strategic Lunar Reference Station for Positioning, Timing, and Largely Enhanced Science in the Earth-Moon System
Serena Molli, Agnès Fienga, Pascale Defraigne +82
The renewed interest in lunar exploration and the development of future lunar communication and navigation services highlight the need for a precise, stable, and interoperable geod…