| Session Details | |
| Section | PS - Planetary Sciences |
| Session Title | Exploration of Mercury |
| Main Convener | Dr. Jorn Helbert (DLR, Germany) |
| Co-convener(s) | Prof. Sho Sasaki (National Astronomical Observatory, Japan) Prof. Yasumasa Kasaba (Tohoku University, Japan) Prof. Sean C. Solomon (Carnegie Institution of Washington, United States) Dr. Ralph McNutt (John Hopkins University - APL, United States) |
| Session Description | With the first flyby of a spacecraft at Mercury after more than 30 years MESSENGER will mark the start of a new chapter in the exploration of Mercury. Now is the appropriate time to review our knowledge of Mercury and coordinate the cooperation between all spacecraft teams, the ground observers and the modeler to obtain a new view of Mercury. |