BepiColombo MPO

Measured quantities

Each row carries its own uncertainty and its own source. Where a row says no uncertainty is published, that is what the catalogue says — it is not a claim that the value is exact.

Trajectory, leg by leg

This object's parent frame changes over its life. Each leg names the frame it is expressed in and the source arc it came from. A leg with no geometry is a declared gap — the registry holds no path across it and draws none. This object has 238 legs; the table shows the first and last 12 and counts the rest.

Classification

The catalogue's own note

S43653 #43653 2018-080A · aka NAIF069 · ESA/I-ESA · mfr ADSUK · bus MPO · op EEO · dry 1169 kg · tot 4121 kg · category PLAN · class C · program ESA Plan · a/e/i GCAT; Ω,ω,M₀ not in GCAT → placeholder spread (ω = 0; display only) [GCAT] · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2018-10-25, a=1.0270 au e=0.1373 i=0.73°, covering 2018-10-24..2020-04-06 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2020-05-17, a=0.8195 au e=0.2349 i=1.68°, covering 2020-04-14..2020-10-13 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2020-10-30, a=0.6765 au e=0.2313 i=3.38°, covering 2020-10-16..2021-08-09 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2021-09-01, a=0.5330 au e=0.3715 i=6.58°, covering 2021-08-12..2021-10-01 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2021-12-01, a=0.5080 au e=0.3681 i=6.78°, covering 2021-10-02..2022-06-23 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2022-10-04, a=0.4680 au e=0.3483 i=7.00°, covering 2022-06-23..2023-06-19 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2023-10-04, a=0.4540 au e=0.3106 i=5.90°, covering 2023-06-20..2024-09-04 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2023-10-04, a=0.3885 au e=0.2124 i=4.30°, covering 2024-09-05..2024-11-30 · position from horizons (rank 3); hcocat also covers this period and is not retained, because it is the lower class (rank 1) — the not-retained set is hcocat epoch 2023-12-22, a=0.3875 au e=0.2052 i=4.40°, covering 2024-12-02..open [JPL Horizons]

Reproduced as the source wrote it. Author-year citations link to their DOI where one is registered.

What this registry does not know about it

These are absences in the catalogues aggregated here, not measurements of zero, and not statements that the quantity is unknown to science:

• no temperature
• no published uncertainty on any value

Where this record comes from

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