2010 Annual Research Report

 

Deborah Domingue Lorin's work on MESSENGER included: Continued analysis of data acquired during the MESSENGER flybys. Derived photometric corrections for the MDIS camera images and helped produce a global color mosaic. Helped to identify scattered light issues within the MDIS camera system Provided inputs into the orbital planning, especially regarding selection of targets and incorporating photometry observations for refined corrections.

 

Continued analysis of the MASCS data and helped identify radiometric calibration issues that need resolution prior to orbit insertion and the derivation of photometric corrections. Provided inputs into the orbital planning, especially regarding photometric observations for deriving unit specific photometric corrections.

 

She provided leadership on writing a team review paper on the space weathering of Mercury’s surface.

 

Planetary Mission Data Analysis Program: she was awarded a grant to analyze Galileo observations of Gaspra and Ida in order to refine photometric corrections to further enable color analyses. This work incorporates the shape models of these objects. I have begun coordinating efforts between myself and the Co-Is.

Papers:

 

Domingue, D.L., F. Vilas, G.M. Holsclaw, J. Warell, N.R. Izenberg, S.L. Murchie, B.E. Denevi, D.T. Blewett, W.E. McClintock, B.J. Anderson, M. Sarantos (2010). Whole-disk spectrophotometric properties of Mercury: Synthesis of MESSENGER and ground-based observations. Icarus 209, 101-124.

Holsclaw, G.M., W.E. McClintock, D.L. Domingue, N.R. Izenberg, D.T. Blewett, A.L. Sprague (2010). A comparison of the ultraviolet to near-infrared spectral properties of Mercury and the Moon as observed by MESSENGER. Icarus 209, 179-194.

Berman, A.F., D.L. Domingue, M.E. Holdridge, T.H. Choo, J.R. Steele, R.G. Shelton (2010). Testing and validation of orbital operations plans for the MESSENGER mission (2010). Observatory Operations: Strategies, Processes, and Systems III. Edited by Silva, David R.; Peck, Alison B.; Soifer, B. Thomas. Proceedings of the SPIE, Volume 7737, pp. 77370D-77370D-13

Abstracts: 

 

Domingue, D.L., S.L. Murchie, N.L. Chabot, B.W. Denevi, N.R. Izenberg, G.M. Holsclaw (2010). Analysis of the Dedicated Spectral Photometric Observations from MESSENGER's Third Mercury Flyby 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.2455

Vilas, F., N.F. Harvieux, E.A. Jensen, K.S. Jarvis, D.L. Domingue (2010). Search for 0.7-µm Absorption Feature in Galileo Lunmos 9 Images: Implications for Lunar Surface Composition. 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.2136.

Domingue, D.L., S.L. Murchie, B.W. Denevi, N.L. Chabot, F. Vilas (2010). Photometric Analysis of Mercury's Surface from MESSENGER observations: Implications for Global Color Properties. American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #42, #21.06; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 42, p.986.