Where are we now?13h ago

2026-03-23 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-16)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 39.51 km/s (-1.84 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 242 days

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 14,756,277.95 km (-1,835,185.65 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.10 (-0.01)
- Light travel time: 0 min 49.22 s (-6.12 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 121,267,428.91 km (+14,409,007.86 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.81 (+0.10)
- Light travel time: 6 min 44.52 s (+48.06 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Where are we now?Mar 16

2026-03-16 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-09)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 41.35 km/s (-3.15 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 249 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 16,591,463.60 km (-2,799,520.60 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.11 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 0 min 55.34 s (-9.34 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 106,858,421.05 km (+11,292,078.78 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.71 (+0.08)
- Light travel time: 5 min 56.45 s (+37.67 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Where are we now?Mar 9

2026-03-09 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-03-02)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 44.51 km/s (-4.33 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 256 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 19,390,984.20 km (-3,612,394.56 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.13 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 1 min 4.68 s (-12.05 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 95,566,342.28 km (+3,480,357.65 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.64 (+0.02)
- Light travel time: 5 min 18.78 s (+11.61 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Dr. Manuel MetzMar 7
Diesen November wird es spannend: #ESA #BepiColombo kommt am Merkur an und #HeraMission wird fast zeitgleich Didymos/Dimorphos erreichen.
Where are we now?Mar 2

2026-03-02 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-23)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 48.84 km/s (-4.90 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 263 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 23,003,378.76 km (-3,772,888.94 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.15 (-0.03)
- Light travel time: 1 min 16.73 s (-12.59 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 92,085,984.63 km (-9,729,494.48 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.62 (-0.07)
- Light travel time: 5 min 7.18 s (-32.46 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Where are we now?Feb 23

2026-02-23 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-16)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 53.74 km/s (-3.73 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 270 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 26,776,267.70 km (-2,455,549.62 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.18 (-0.02)
- Light travel time: 1 min 29.32 s (-8.19 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 101,815,479.10 km (-22,887,910.63 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.68 (-0.15)
- Light travel time: 5 min 39.63 s (-76.35 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Where are we now?Feb 16

2026-02-16 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-09)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 57.46 km/s (-0.16 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 277 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 29,231,817.31 km (+128,395.37 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.20 (+0.00)
- Light travel time: 1 min 37.51 s (+0.43 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 124,703,389.73 km (-28,446,814.58 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.83 (-0.19)
- Light travel time: 6 min 55.98 s (-94.89 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Show threadGerman Space Agency at DLRFeb 15
Neueste wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse zum Merkur und was unserer europäisch-japanischen Merkur-Mission #BepiColombo damit zu tun hat: www.dlr.de/de/aktuelles...

Klein und voller Extreme – Wie...
Klein und voller Extreme – Wie Hitze und Kälte den Merkur beeinflussen

Der Merkur ist ist der sonnen-nächste und kleinste der acht Planeten. Und er hat keine Atmosphäre. Das alles macht ihn zu etwas Besonderem in der Planetenforschung. Das DLR, die TU Berlin, das KIT und die Universität Prag haben verschiedene geophysikalische Aspekte im Zusammenhang mit den thermalen Bedingungen auf dem Merkur und in seinem Inneren untersucht. Ihre Erkenntnisse haben sie nun in drei Beiträgen für das Fachmagazin Geophysical Research Letters veröffentlicht.

Where are we now?Feb 9

2026-02-09 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-02-02)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 57.62 km/s (+3.54 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 284 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 29,102,711.25 km (+2,199,154.40 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.19 (+0.01)
- Light travel time: 1 min 37.08 s (+7.34 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 153,151,138.05 km (-25,150,645.46 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.02 (-0.17)
- Light travel time: 8 min 30.87 s (-83.90 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury

Where are we now?Feb 2

2026-02-02 13:00:00 UTC (Delta: 2026-01-26)

WHERE IS BEPI?
- Barycentric speed: 54.08 km/s (+4.88 km/s)
- Mercury Orbit Insertion in: 291 days est.

⚪ Relative to Mercury
- Distance (km): 26,903,556.85 km (+2,883,193.68 km)
- Distance (AU): 0.18 (+0.02)
- Light travel time: 1 min 29.74 s (+9.62 s)

🌎 Relative to Earth
- Distance (km): 178,301,783.51 km (-17,996,104.22 km)
- Distance (AU): 1.19 (-0.12)
- Light travel time: 9 min 54.77 s (-60.03 s)

#BepiColombo #Mercury