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AN: P41B-0416    [PDF]
TI: SIR- Upcoming Near Infrared Investigations of lunar surfaces
AU: * Mall, U A
EM: mall@linmpi.mpg.de
AF: Max-Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie, Max-Planck Strasse 2, Katlenburg-Lindau, 37191 Germany
AU: Nathues, A
EM: nathues@linmpi.mpg.de
AF: Max-Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie, Max-Planck Strasse 2, Katlenburg-Lindau, 37191 Germany
AU: Keller, H
EM: keller@linmpi.mpg.de
AF: Max-Planck Institut fuer Aeronomie, Max-Planck Strasse 2, Katlenburg-Lindau, 37191 Germany
AB: Multispectral photometry has proven to be an extremely useful tool to investigate the surface chemistry, mineralogy, and light scattering properties of the Moon. ESA's upcoming SMART-1 mission to the Moon should significantly extend our knowledge about lunar evolution by providing new high resolution multispectral images over a wider range of illumination/ observation geometries compared with earlier missions. We will present an overview of SIR - the new compact lightweight NIR instrument on SMART-1, operating between 940-2400 $\mu$m and will discuss some of the targets SIR is going to investigate.
DE: 3672 Planetary mineralogy and petrology (5410)
DE: 3694 Instruments and techniques
DE: 6250 Moon (1221)
DE: 8040 Remote sensing
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting