Nature Communications (Dec 2022)

BepiColombo mission confirms stagnation region of Venus and reveals its large extent

  • M. Persson,
  • S. Aizawa,
  • N. André,
  • S. Barabash,
  • Y. Saito,
  • Y. Harada,
  • D. Heyner,
  • S. Orsini,
  • A. Fedorov,
  • C. Mazelle,
  • Y. Futaana,
  • L. Z. Hadid,
  • M. Volwerk,
  • G. Collinson,
  • B. Sanchez-Cano,
  • A. Barthe,
  • E. Penou,
  • S. Yokota,
  • V. Génot,
  • J. A. Sauvaud,
  • D. Delcourt,
  • M. Fraenz,
  • R. Modolo,
  • A. Milillo,
  • H.-U. Auster,
  • I. Richter,
  • J. Z. D. Mieth,
  • P. Louarn,
  • C. J. Owen,
  • T. S. Horbury,
  • K. Asamura,
  • S. Matsuda,
  • H. Nilsson,
  • M. Wieser,
  • T. Alberti,
  • A. Varsani,
  • V. Mangano,
  • A. Mura,
  • H. Lichtenegger,
  • G. Laky,
  • H. Jeszenszky,
  • K. Masunaga,
  • C. Signoles,
  • M. Rojo,
  • G. Murakami

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35061-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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BepiColombo mission had two Venus flybys on its way to Mercury. Here, the authors show that during its second flyby of Venus BepiColombo has crossed the stagnation region, which was predicted by the models.