{"id":809496,"date":"2024-12-01T04:35:50","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T10:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/01\/unprecedented-proximity-bepicolombos-fourth-mercury-flyby-breaks-records-video\/"},"modified":"2024-12-01T04:35:50","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T10:35:50","slug":"unprecedented-proximity-bepicolombos-fourth-mercury-flyby-breaks-records-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/01\/unprecedented-proximity-bepicolombos-fourth-mercury-flyby-breaks-records-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Unprecedented Proximity: BepiColombo\u2019s Fourth Mercury Flyby Breaks Records [Video]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<article id=\"post-415395\">\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_137805\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-137805\"><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/BepiColombo-First-Mercury-Flyby-4-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/images\/BepiColombo-First-Mercury-Flyby-4-777x437.jpg\" alt=\"music BepiColombo First Mercury Flyby 4\" width=\"777\" height=\"437\"  ><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-137805\">Artist impression of BepiColombo flying by Mercury. Credit: ESA\/ATG medialab<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>On September 4, 2024, the ESA\/<span aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"\n\n<div class=glossaryItemTitle>JAXA<\/div>\n<div class=glossaryItemBody>Formed in 2003, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) was born through the merger of three institutions, namely the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), the National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan (NAL) and the National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA). JAXA performs various activities related to aerospace, from basic research in the aerospace field to development and utilization and is responsible for research, technology development, and launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in advanced missions such as asteroid exploration and possible human exploration of the Moon.<\/div>\n<p>&#8221; data-gt-translate-attributes=&#8221;[{&#8220;attribute&#8221;:&#8221;data-cmtooltip&#8221;, &#8220;format&#8221;:&#8221;html&#8221;}]&#8221; tabindex=&#8221;0&#8243; role=&#8221;link&#8221;>JAXA<\/span> BepiColombo spacecraft executed its closest flyby of Mercury, capturing the planet\u2019s south pole and several geological features over 128 images.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Notable among these features was the Vivaldi crater, named after the composer, whose music accompanied the timelapse video of the flyby. This event offers unprecedented close-up views of Mercury, promising new insights for future studies.<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Historic Flyby of Mercury<\/h4>\n<p>Watch the closest flyby of a planet ever, as the <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/european-space-agency\/\">ESA<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/jaxa\/\">JAXA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/tag\/bepicolombo\/\">BepiColombo<\/a> spacecraft sped past Mercury during its latest encounter on September 4, 2024.<\/p>\n<p>This flyby marked BepiColombo\u2019s closest approach to Mercury yet, and for the first time, the spacecraft had a clear view of Mercury\u2019s south pole.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BepiColombo\u2019s Fourth Mercury Flyby: The Movie\" width=\"788\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZosELx3Y65g?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>Capturing Mercury\u2019s South Pole<\/h4>\n<p>This timelapse is made up of 128 different images captured by all three of BepiColombo\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2018\/10\/BepiColombo_monitoring_cameras\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener\">monitoring cameras<\/a>, M-CAM 1, 2, and 3. We see the planet move in and out of the fields of view of M-CAM 2 and 3, before M-CAM 1 sees the planet receding into the distance at the end of the video.<\/p>\n<p>The first few images are taken in the days and weeks before the flyby. Mercury first appears in an image taken at 23:50 CEST (21:50 <span aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"\n\n<div class=glossaryItemTitle>UTC<\/div>\n<div class=glossaryItemBody>Coordinated Universal Time or Universal Time Coordinated (UTC) is the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.&nbsp;Prior to 1972, this time was called Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and is also known as &quot;Z time&quot; or &quot;Zulu Time.&quot; &nbsp;It is, within about 1 second, mean solar time at 0\u00b0 longitude.<\/div>\n<p>&#8221; data-gt-translate-attributes=&#8221;[{&#8220;attribute&#8221;:&#8221;data-cmtooltip&#8221;, &#8220;format&#8221;:&#8221;html&#8221;}]&#8221; tabindex=&#8221;0&#8243; role=&#8221;link&#8221;>UTC<\/span>) on September 4, at a distance of 191 km (119 miles). Closest approach was at 23:48 CEST at a distance of 165 km (103 miles).<\/p>\n<p>The sequence ends around 24 hours later, on September 5, 2024, when BepiColombo was about 243,000 km from Mercury.<\/p>\n<h4>Unveiling Mercury\u2019s Surface<\/h4>\n<p>During the flyby, it was possible to identify various geological features that BepiColombo will study in more detail once in orbit around the planet. Four minutes after closest approach, a large \u2018peak ring basin\u2019 called Vivaldi came into view.<\/p>\n<p>This crater was named after the famous Italian composer Antonio Vivaldi (1678\u20131741). The flyover of Vivaldi crater was the inspiration for using Antonio Vivaldi\u2019s \u2018Four Seasons\u2019 as the soundtrack for this timelapse.<\/p>\n<p>Peak ring basins are mysterious craters created by powerful asteroid or comet impacts, so-called because of the inner ring of peaks on an otherwise flattish floor.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of minutes later, another peak ring basin came into view: newly named Stoddart. The name was recently assigned following a request from the M-CAM team, who realized that this crater would be visible in these images and decided it would be worth naming considering its potential interest for scientists in the future.<\/p>\n<p>BepiColombo\u2019s three monitoring cameras provided 1024 x 1024 pixel snapshots. Their main purpose is to monitor the spacecraft\u2019s various booms and antennas, hence why we see parts of the spacecraft in the foreground. The photos that they capture of Mercury during the flybys are a bonus.<\/p>\n<p><i>The September 4 gravity assist flyby was the fourth at Mercury and the seventh of nine planetary flybys overall. During its eight-year cruise to the smallest and innermost planet of the Solar System, BepiColombo makes one flyby at Earth, two at <span aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"\n\n<div class=glossaryItemTitle>Venus<\/div>\n<div class=glossaryItemBody>Venus, the second planet from the sun, is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. After the moon, it is the second-brightest natural object in the night sky. Its rotation (243 Earth days) takes longer than its orbit of the Sun (224.7 Earth days). It is sometimes called Earth&#039;s &quot;sister planet&quot; because of their similar composition, size, mass, and proximity to the Sun. It has no natural satellites.<\/div>\n<p>&#8221; data-gt-translate-attributes=&#8221;[{&#8220;attribute&#8221;:&#8221;data-cmtooltip&#8221;, &#8220;format&#8221;:&#8221;html&#8221;}]&#8221; tabindex=&#8221;0&#8243; role=&#8221;link&#8221;>Venus<\/span> and six at Mercury, to help steer itself on course for entering orbit around Mercury in 2026.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>BepiColombo is an international collaboration between ESA and JAXA.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/scitechdaily.com\/unprecedented-proximity-bepicolombos-fourth-mercury-flyby-breaks-records-video\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Artist impression of BepiColombo flying by Mercury. Credit: ESA\/ATG medialab On September 4, 2024, the ESA\/UTC) on September 4, at a distance of 191 km (119 miles). Closest approach was at 23:48 CEST at a distance of 165 km (103 miles). 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