P060-08
Opportunities for Science From Gateway With HERMES

Monday, 14 December 2020: 16:28
Virtual
William R Paterson1, James F Spann2, Daniel J Gershman3, Shrikanth G Kanekal4, Davin E Larson5, Roberto Livi6, Mark B. Moldwin7, Brent Randol3, Marilia Samara3, Phyllis L Whittlesey6 and Eftyhia Zesta3, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Heliophysics Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (4)NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (5)Space Sciences Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States, (6)Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United States, (7)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Recorded Presentation
Abstract:
The Heliophysics Environmental and Radiation Measurement Experiment Suite (HERMES) comprises magnetometers and charged-particle detectors that will launch with the initial Gateway modules. Gateway's near-rectilinear halo orbit about the moon will provide a unique perspective for studies of space-weather and heliophysical phenomena in the interplanetary medium and the terrestrial magnetosphere. Additionally, the measurements will support investigation of the behavior of the lunar exosphere as the moon traverses these two very different regions of space. Coordination with other spacecraft of the Heliophysics System Observatory will add value to the observations from Gateway. In this presentation we discuss objectives for HERMES, as currently defined, and capabilities for advancing space and planetary science. Additional definition of objectives and much of the scientific analysis will be accomplished by interdisciplinary science teams to be assembled in the near future via a NASA ROSES solicitation yet to be announced.
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