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  Mercury Dust Monitor (MDM) Onboard the Mio Orbiter of the BepiColombo Mission

Kobayashi, M., Shibata, H., Nogami, K., Fujii, M., Hasegawa, S., Hirabayashi, M., et al. (2020). Mercury Dust Monitor (MDM) Onboard the Mio Orbiter of the BepiColombo Mission. Space Science Reviews, 216: 144. doi:10.1007/s11214-020-00775-7.

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Kobayashi, Masanori, Author
Shibata, Hiromi, Author
Nogami, Ken’ichi, Author
Fujii, Masayuki, Author
Hasegawa, Sunao, Author
Hirabayashi, Masatoshi, Author
Hirai, Takayuki, Author
Iwai, Takeo, Author
Kimura, Hiroshi, Author
Miyachi, Takashi, Author
Nakamura, Maki, Author
Ohashi, Hideo, Author
Sasaki, Sho, Author
Takechi, Seiji, Author
Yano, Hajime, Author
Krüger, Harald1, Author           
Lohse, Ann-Kathrin1, Author
Srama, Ralf, Author
Strub, Peter1, Author           
Grün, Eberhard, Author
Affiliations:
1Department Planets and Comets, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Max Planck Society, ou_1832288              

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Free keywords: BepiColombo mission · Mio · Mercury · Cosmic dust · Piezoelectric ceramic sensor
 MPIS_PROJECTS: Bepi-Colombo
 Abstract: An in-situ cosmic-dust instrument called the Mercury Dust Monitor (MDM) had
been developed as a part of the science payload for the Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Or-
biter, MMO) stage of the joint European Space Agency (ESA)–JAXA Mercury-exploration
mission. The BepiColombo spacecraft was successfully launched by an Ariane 5 rocket on
October 20, 2018, and commissioning tests of the science payload were successfully com-
pleted in near-earth orbit before injection into a long journey to Mercury. MDM has a sensor
consisting of four plates of piezoelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT), which converts the mechanical stress (or strain) induced by dust-particle impacts into electrical signals. Af-
ter the commencement of scientific operations, MDM will measure the impact momentum
at which dust particles in orbit around the Sun collide with the sensor and record the ar-
rival direction. This paper provides basic information concerning the MDM instrument and
its predicted scientific operation as a future reference for scientific articles concerning the
MDM’s observational data.

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Language(s): eng - English
 Dates: 2020
 Publication Status: Published online
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 Rev. Type: Peer
 Identifiers: DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00775-7
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Title: Space Science Reviews
  Abbreviation : Space Sci Rev
Source Genre: Journal
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Publ. Info: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands
Pages: - Volume / Issue: 216 Sequence Number: 144 Start / End Page: - Identifier: ISSN: 0038-6308
CoNE: https://pure.mpg.de/cone/journals/resource/954925446718