日本地球惑星科学連合2023年大会

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[P-PS07] 惑星科学

2023年5月22日(月) 13:45 〜 15:00 展示場特設会場 (3) (幕張メッセ国際展示場)

コンビーナ:金丸 仁明(東京大学)、荒川 創太(海洋研究開発機構)、座長:荒川 創太(海洋研究開発機構)、鈴木 雄大(東京大学)

14:00 〜 14:15

[PPS07-12] Magnetic field observations of a deformed bow shock and a highly dynamic magnetotail during BepiColombo’s second Mercury flyby

*Daniel Schmid1、David Fischer1、Ali Varsani1、Werner Magnes1Yasuhito Narita1、Martin Volwerk1、Wolfgang Baumjohann1Ayako Matsuoka2、Manabu Shinohara3Yoshimasa Tanaka4Akiko Fujimoto5Masaki Matsushima6Go Murakami7、Hans-Ulrich Auster8、Ingo Richter8、Daniel Heyner8、Ferdinand Plaschke8、Rumi Nakamura1 (1.Space Research Institute, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Graz, Austria、2.Data Analysis Center for Geomagnetism and Space Magnetism, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University、3.National Institute of Technology, Kagoshima College、4.National Institute of Polar Research、5.Kyushu Institute of Technology、6.Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology、7.Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency、8.IGEP, Technische Universit¨at Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany)

キーワード:Mercury, Magnetosphere, BepiColombo

Due to Mercury’s proximity to the Sun, the in-depth understanding of its magnetospheric structure remains challenging post MESSENGER-Mariner10 era. The calibrated magnetic field data from BepiColombo’s flyby-2 at Mercury in June 2022, facilitate an unique opportunity for in-situ study of the magnetosphere, and its boundaries such as the bow shock, magnetosheath and magnetopause. Our analysis on the shock crossing reveals that the shock normal direction was significantly deviated during the inbound crossing, while in contrast the outbound crossing is conforming to the statistical or steady-state bow shock shape. The highlight of this research is the detection of a magnetic field depression in the midnight sector before BepiColombo’s closest approach to the planet. This depression layer is thought to be the evidence for either a transient event, or alternatively the crossing of the spacecraft through a current layer which separates the tail-like magnetic field orientation from the dipolar field. The analysis of such transient events in Mercury magnetosphere is a key to understanding of its highly dynamic and unique plasma environment.