Jack Wright

Former @ESA Research Fellow. Mercury volatiles and volcanoes. Deep-learning terrain classification of Mars. Planetary cartography. All views my own.

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

📢: My latest #Mercury #map is out now in @AGUEarthSpace!

📰: https://t.co/N7zTtmOvMI

ℹ️: We use #datafusion to distinguish impact melt and volcanic plains around the Rachmaninoff impact basin, and more!

🙏: @planmap_eu and @esascience

#openaccess

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

My favourite part is seeing #Mercury reflected in the solar array of @ESA_MTM. I've not noticed this before, perhaps because previous Mercury flyby videos haven't used M-CAM1 much. Very cool!

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

📢Check it out! Another beautiful @BepiColombo #Mercury flyby video! 🤩 It was a great privilege to be involved again.

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

📽️Sit down, relax and enjoy #BepiColombo’s views as it moved gracefully around Mercury on 7-8 January 2025.
🎼🎶Playing in the background is The Hebrides overture by Felix Mendelssohn - can you guess why?

[Faculty of STEM, The Open University @OU_STEM]

On 8 January 2025, BepiColombo completed its final Mercury flyby, setting up for orbit in late 2026!

OU experts @daverothery and @wrightplanet, part of BepiColombo’s MCAM team, supported the mission from the UK and Germany.

Read more! : https://t.co/x09p2wezOf

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

Our top three images from the sixth Mercury flyby are here! 🌗

See what they reveal about the mysterious planet here 👉 https://t.co/9cLKYf5STe and in 🧵👇

[Josef Aschbacher @AschbacherJosef]

I will unveil the new images of Mercury tomorrow morning as part of my Annual Press Briefing. Follow along live from 10:00 CET on https://t.co/KCx53dZKtk

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

I'm really happy to be back @esa to analyse M-CAM images from @BepiColombo's final flyby of #Mercury. Here I am with a mission clock two minutes before closest approach. Go Bepi go! @ESA_Bepi @JAXA_MMO @ESA_MTM

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

BepiColombo is reaching its closest approach to Mercury now during its sixth encounter with the planet. It's 06:58:52 CET, and the spacecraft is 295km from the surface. #bepicolombo

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

BepiColombo is reaching its closest approach to Mercury now during its sixth encounter with the planet. It's 06:58:52 CET, and the spacecraft is 295km from the surface. #bepicolombo

[ESA Science @esascience]

This Sunday, @BepiColombo will fly past Mercury for the fifth time. Here's an overview of what you can expect 👇
https://t.co/Q5c5mdFpkB

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

#BepiColombo will fly less than 40 000 km above Mercury's surface this Sunday, marking its fifth flyby of the planet.

🆕Its MERTIS instrument will observe the planet in mid-infrared light, making BepiColombo the first spacecraft ever to do so 😎

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

Sit back, relax, and enjoy this beautiful timelapse of last week's Mercury flyby, set to some special music inspired by a crater that appears in some images 😉

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

Its closest pass yet and its first-ever views of Mercury's south pole – last night was quite a night for #BepiColombo!
Enjoy this taste of our fourth Mercury flyby.
Details & images 👇https://t.co/iKzONy9CGZ

[みお (MIO) @JAXA_MMO]

今日 @ESA_MTM が撮った画像が届いたよ🤩
水星の南極とか、底に決して日が当たらない永久影のあるクレーターも画像の上の方に写ってるんだって📸 中には氷もあるの！？水星に着いたら @ESA_Bepi がいっぱい調べるんだよね😁

#BepiColombo #みお水星スイングバイ

[BepiColombo @BepiColombo]

Our #BepiColombo @esaoperations team confirm all went well with our Mercury flyby last night. Now we wait and see what images & data our instrument teams collected!
Stay tuned for a selfie-cam update later today. Here's a sneak preview 🤫

[ESA Science @esascience]

🆕Our newest 'large-class' mission will explore habitability on an icy ocean world. But which of Jupiter or Saturn's moons should we choose? 🤔
A team of planetary scientists has spent the last two years considering the options. Do you agree with their top choice? 👉 https://t.co/00Pqyn3Bw6

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

Congratulations, Dr Man! You have a very proud supervisor over here! 🚀

[David Rothery 🇪🇺 💙 @daverothery]

No longer Mr Man @AstroBenjamin Congratulations

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

With thanks to all my co-authors: Francesca Zambon, Cristian Carli, Francesca Altieri, Claudia Pöhler, @daverothery, Carolyn van der Bogert, @arosp, Matteo Massironi, @Mattbalme, and Susan Conway

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

📢: My latest #Mercury #map is out now in @AGUEarthSpace!

📰: https://t.co/N7zTtmOvMI

ℹ️: We use #datafusion to distinguish impact melt and volcanic plains around the Rachmaninoff impact basin, and more!

🙏: @planmap_eu and @esascience

#openaccess

[Journal of Maps @journalofmaps]

"Mawrth Vallis, Mars, classified using the NOAH-H deep-learning terrain classification system" by Barrett et al.

@DrPFawdon, @wrightplanet, @DrMarkWoodsAI, @IStudyPlanets, @LJoudrier.

Full open access article here: https://t.co/ATjkAU1V7I

[Jack Wright @wrightplanet]

Check out this @NatureAstronomy World View by @AnnieRoseex on planetary naming conventions and representation: https://t.co/xvfMxvOcJg

Space is for everyone, and Annie has some ideas on how to make it so!

[Mercury Exploration Assessment Group (MExAG) @ExploreMercury]

📢ESA Job annoucement: @Bepicolombo Project Scientist #mercury