Benjamin Man

Internal Research Fellow (Directorate of Science)

Benjamin Man on the steps of the Natural History Museum, London
 

Main Research Fields

I am a planetary scientist and planetary cartographer studying the geology and geomorphology of Mercury using remote sensing data. I am particularly interested in Mercury's tectonic landforms and digital mapping of surface geological units. My research actively supports the BepiColombo mission.


Keywords

Planetary science, Remote Sensing, Geology, Geomorphology, Tectonics, Cartography

Ongoing collaborations

European quadrangle mapping effort to chart the globe of Mercury for the BepiColombo mission.

The Open University.

Publications

A. R. Lennox; D. A. Rothery; J. Wright; M. Balme; S. J. Conway; A. J. Blance; S. Buoninfante; B. Man. (2025). Geology of the Bach quadrangle (H15), Mercury. Journal of Maps 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2025.2566364
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Buoninfante, S., Galluzzi, V., Ferranti, L., Rothery, D. A., Hiesinger, H., Guzzetta, L., … Palumbo, P. (2025). Geology of the Michelangelo quadrangle (H12), Mercury. Journal of Maps, 21(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2025.2451791

Fawdon, P., Orgel, C., Adeli, S., Balme, M., Calef, F. J., Davis, J. M., … Zorzano, M. P. (2024). The high-resolution map of Oxia Planum, Mars; the landing site of the ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. Journal of Maps, 20(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2024.2302361

Man, B., Rothery, D.A., Balme, M.R., Conway, S. J., Wright, J. Widespread small grabens consistent with recent tectonism on Mercury. Nature Geoscience. 16, 856–862 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01281-5 (Altmetric score: 1735).

Man, B., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M, R., Conway, S. J., Wright, J., Pegg, D. L., Lennox, A. R. & Buoninfante, S. Geology of the Neruda quadrangle (H13), Mercury. Journal of Maps, 19:1 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2023.2256353 
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Pegg, D., Rothery, D. A., Balme, M. R., Conway, S. J., Malliband, C. & Man, B. Geology of the Debussy quadrangle (H14), Mercury, J Maps, 17, 859–870 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1080/17445647.2021.1996478

Project/mission at ESA

BepiColombo