HR: 1340h
AN: P33B-1296    [Abstracts]
TI: MDIS Observations from the Second MESSENGER Venus Flyby
AU: * Robinson, M S
EM: mrobinson@asu.edu
AF: Arizona State University, School of Earth and Space Exploration Box 871404, Phoenix, AZ 85287-1404, United States
AU: Harch, A P
EM: harch@astro.cornell.edu
AF: Cornell University, 310 Space Sciences Building, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States
AU: Hawkins, S E
EM: ed.hawkins@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, United States
AU: Head, J W
EM: James.Head@brown.edu
AF: Brown University, Department of Geological Sciences Box 1846, Providence, RI 02912, United States
AU: Kang, H
EM: hong.kang@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, United States
AU: Laslo, N R
EM: nori.laslo@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, United States
AU: Murchie, S L
EM: Scott.Murchie@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, United States
AU: Prockter, L M
EM: louise.prockter@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, United States
AU: Solomon, S C
EM: scs@dtm.ciw.edu
AF: Carnegie Institution, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism 5241 Broad Branch Road, Washington, DC 20015, United States
AU: Vaughan, R M
EM: robin.vaughan@jhuapl.edu
AF: Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory 11100 Johns Hopkins Road, Laurel, MD 20723, United States
AU: Watters, T R
EM: watterst@si.edu
AF: Smithsonian Institution, National Air and Space Museum MRC 315, Washington, DC 20560, United States
AB: The MESSENGER spacecraft successfully executed a close-approach (338 km) flyby of Venus on 5 June 2007 with the goal of optimizing the spacecraft's trajectory for its first Mercury encounter on 14 January 2008. During the flyby, key Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) sequences required for the upcoming Mercury flyby were exercised with the accompanying spacecraft slews. MDIS observations included scattered light tests, high- resolution mosaics, point-and-stare multispectral images, flat-field calibrations, optical navigation tests, nightside imaging of thermal emission from the Venus surface, and a departure sequence. A total of 638 images were acquired and successfully received on the ground. These data are being analyzed and mosaicked to support instrument characterization and science comparisons with data obtained by the Venus Express mission. We will present reduced data with implications for the upcoming Mercury flyby.
UR: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu
DE: 5464 Remote sensing
DE: 6295 Venus
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting