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“贝皮-科伦布”(BepiColombo)水星探测器(以下简称“贝皮-科伦布”)是欧洲和日本的合作项目,是继美国信使号之后的第2个水星探测器。该项目包括2个探测器,一个是由欧洲航天局(ESA)研制的“水星行星轨道器”(MPO),用于对水星进行测绘;另一个是由日本宇宙航空研究开发机构(JAXA)研制的“水星磁层轨道器”(MMO),用于研究水星的磁层。ESA认为,它将是迄今为止欧洲最复杂的科学任务之一,将对水星展开最全面细致的探测,以揭示这颗行星的构成以及太阳对它的影响等。该探测器准备在2015年发射,总耗资约6.65亿欧元。“贝皮-科伦布”的主要研究任务包括:水星的起源与演变;水星的形成、内部构成、结构、地质形态与成份,以及水星表面的坑;水星大气层的构成与动力学;水星磁场的形成与演变,包括结构与动力学的演变;水星两极沉积物的构成与起源;验证爱因斯坦的广义相对论。
The BepiColombo Mercury Detector (hereinafter referred to as the “Bepi-Colombo”) is a cooperation project between Europe and Japan and is the second Mercury probe following the U.S. Messenger Device. The project consists of two detectors, one “Mercury Planet Orbiter” (MPO) developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) for mapping Mercury; the other is a JAXA (JAXA) ) Developed “Mercury Magnetosphere Orbiter” (MMO) to study Mercury’s magnetosphere. ESA believes it will be by far one of Europe’s most complex scientific missions, and will carry out the most comprehensive and detailed exploration of Mercury to reveal the composition of the planet and its impact on the sun. The probe is to be launched in 2015 at a total cost of about 665 million euros. Mercury ’s origins and evolution; the formation, internal composition, structure, geological form and composition of Mercury, and the pit of Mercury’ s surface; the composition and dynamics of Mercury ’s atmosphere; The formation and evolution of Mercury’s magnetic field, including the evolution of structure and dynamics; the composition and origin of Mercury bipolar sediments; the verification of Einstein’s general theory of relativity.