According to Russia concerned media will report on October 24, bureau of Russian Federation space navigation will combine bureau of European space navigation and bureau of Japanese space navigation to launched two detector to Mercury 2012.

This one Mercury that carries out jointly by Russia, Europe and Japan explores project name to be “BepiColombo” . The name of this mercurial exploration project originates Italy's famous astrophysical home Columbus. It is reported, the Mercury that gets on installation to be developed by Russia scientist on these two mercurial detector explores an instrument.

The message that comes from center of basic research of universe of bureau of Russian Federation space navigation says, the height that this second Mercury explores two detector in the plan to never will be the same as has the research of different way to Mercury: Among them a detector basically will pursue remote research, its study the key is mercurial surface; Another explores the magnetic field that basically will research Mercury from closer distance.

The ” of appearance of “ gamma spectrum that two detector will carry the main exploration instrument that carry to be developed for Russia scientists and ” of appearance of “ neutron spectrum. In addition, detector is returned will locomotive instruments of a series of other scientific research that develop jointly by the country such as Russia, Japan, France and Austria.

It is reported, this mercurial exploration plan takes the lead by bureau of European space navigation. According to this plan, “BepiColombo” detector will work one year at least on mercurial orbit. “BepiColombo” detector still will carry several camera randomly, below the help of these camera detector will film the Mercury of next different wavelengh expresses detailed picture. And, the radiation circumstance that goes up to study Mercury and solar illuminate intensity, detector still provided facility of a series of most advanced scientific research. The SIXS spectrometer that includes to be developed by Finland among them (solar intensity and) of spectrometer of X ray particle. The main function of this instrument is to detect the radiate of ray of sun's rays X on Mercury and parameter of high-energy particle radiate. Additional, the MIXS spectrometer that this detector still matchs stock to be produced by England (mercurial X ray is become like analyzer) , its are main the function is chemistry of face of scale water star catalogue the chart of corporeal distributinging circumstance.

Before this, the United States ever launched detector of date of “ messenger ” to Mercury in August 2004. Before reaching a goal, date of “ messenger ” will surround the sun flies 15 rounds, predict this detector will enter mercurial path in March 2011. And the “BepiColombo” mercurial detector that is about to blast off will arrive at Mercury 2020 at coming 2018. (Shellfish)
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