Earth, Planets and Space (Dec 2021)
Science operation plan of Phobos and Deimos from the MMX spacecraft
- Tomoki Nakamura,
- Hitoshi Ikeda,
- Toru Kouyama,
- Hiromu Nakagawa,
- Hiroki Kusano,
- Hiroki Senshu,
- Shingo Kameda,
- Koji Matsumoto,
- Ferran Gonzalez-Franquesa,
- Naoya Ozaki,
- Yosuke Takeo,
- Nicola Baresi,
- Yusuke Oki,
- David J. Lawrence,
- Nancy L. Chabot,
- Patrick N. Peplowski,
- Maria Antonietta Barucci,
- Eric Sawyer,
- Shoichiro Yokota,
- Naoki Terada,
- Stephan Ulamec,
- Patrick Michel,
- Masanori Kobayashi,
- Sho Sasaki,
- Naru Hirata,
- Koji Wada,
- Hideaki Miyamoto,
- Takeshi Imamura,
- Naoko Ogawa,
- Kazunori Ogawa,
- Takahiro Iwata,
- Takane Imada,
- Hisashi Otake,
- Elisabet Canalias,
- Laurence Lorda,
- Simon Tardivel,
- Stéphane Mary,
- Makoto Kunugi,
- Seiji Mitsuhashi,
- Alain Doressoundiram,
- Frédéric Merlin,
- Sonia Fornasier,
- Jean-Michel Reess,
- Pernelle Bernardi,
- Shigeru Imai,
- Yasuyuki Ito,
- Hatsumi Ishida,
- Kiyoshi Kuramoto,
- Yasuhiro Kawakatsu
Affiliations
- Tomoki Nakamura
- Tohoku University
- Hitoshi Ikeda
- RDD (Research and Development Directorate)/JAXA
- Toru Kouyama
- NIAIST
- Hiromu Nakagawa
- Tohoku University
- Hiroki Kusano
- QST
- Hiroki Senshu
- Chiba Institute of Technology
- Shingo Kameda
- Rikkyo University
- Koji Matsumoto
- National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
- Ferran Gonzalez-Franquesa
- The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
- Naoya Ozaki
- ISAS/JAXA
- Yosuke Takeo
- RDD (Research and Development Directorate)/JAXA
- Nicola Baresi
- University of Surrey
- Yusuke Oki
- RDD (Research and Development Directorate)/JAXA
- David J. Lawrence
- Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
- Nancy L. Chabot
- Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
- Patrick N. Peplowski
- Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory
- Maria Antonietta Barucci
- LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
- Eric Sawyer
- CNES
- Shoichiro Yokota
- Osaka University
- Naoki Terada
- Tohoku University
- Stephan Ulamec
- Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt, DLR
- Patrick Michel
- Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange
- Masanori Kobayashi
- Chiba Institute of Technology
- Sho Sasaki
- Osaka University
- Naru Hirata
- Aizu University
- Koji Wada
- Chiba Institute of Technology
- Hideaki Miyamoto
- The University of Tokyo
- Takeshi Imamura
- The University of Tokyo
- Naoko Ogawa
- JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSEC)/JAXA
- Kazunori Ogawa
- JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSEC)/JAXA
- Takahiro Iwata
- ISAS/JAXA
- Takane Imada
- JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSEC)/JAXA
- Hisashi Otake
- JAXA Space Exploration Center (JSEC)/JAXA
- Elisabet Canalias
- CNES
- Laurence Lorda
- CNES
- Simon Tardivel
- CNES
- Stéphane Mary
- CNES
- Makoto Kunugi
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Seiji Mitsuhashi
- NHK
- Alain Doressoundiram
- LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
- Frédéric Merlin
- LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
- Sonia Fornasier
- LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
- Jean-Michel Reess
- LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
- Pernelle Bernardi
- LESIA-Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Sorbonne Université, Université de Paris
- Shigeru Imai
- JAMSS
- Yasuyuki Ito
- JAMSS
- Hatsumi Ishida
- JAMSS
- Kiyoshi Kuramoto
- Hokkaido University
- Yasuhiro Kawakatsu
- ISAS/JAXA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01546-6
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 73,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 27
Abstract
Abstract The science operations of the spacecraft and remote sensing instruments for the Martian Moon eXploration (MMX) mission are discussed by the mission operation working team. In this paper, we describe the Phobos observations during the first 1.5 years of the spacecraft’s stay around Mars, and the Deimos observations before leaving the Martian system. In the Phobos observation, the spacecraft will be placed in low-altitude quasi-satellite orbits on the equatorial plane of Phobos and will make high-resolution topographic and spectroscopic observations of the Phobos surface from five different altitudes orbits. The spacecraft will also attempt to observe polar regions of Phobos from a three-dimensional quasi-satellite orbit moving out of the equatorial plane of Phobos. From these observations, we will constrain the origin of Phobos and Deimos and select places for landing site candidates for sample collection. For the Deimos observations, the spacecraft will be injected into two resonant orbits and will perform many flybys to observe the surface of Deimos over as large an area as possible. Graphical Abstract
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