HR: 0800h
AN: P11B-0121    [Abstracts]
TI: MIDAS: Advanced Remote Sensing for the Exploration of Icy Satellites
AU: * Rieboldt, S E
EM: rieboldt@berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: Wong, M H
EM: mikewong@astron.berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: Adamkovics, M
EM: mate@berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: Delory, G T
EM: gdelory@ssl.berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: de Pater, I
EM: imke@astron.berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: Manga, M
EM: manga@seismo.berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: Lipps, J H
EM: jlipps@berkeley.edu
AF: Center for Integrative Planetary Sciences, 601 Campbell Hall University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-3411 United States
AU: Dalton, J B
EM: dalton@mail.arc.nasa.gov
AF: NASA Ames/SETI, Mail Stop 245-3 SST NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035 United States
AU: Pitman, J
EM: joe.pitman@lmco.com
AF: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, 3251 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304-1191 United States
AU: Kendrick, R L
EM: rick.kendrick.lmco.com
AF: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center, 3251 Hanover St., Palo Alto, CA 94304-1191 United States
AB: The Multiple Instrument Distributed Aperture Sensor (MIDAS) is a diffraction-limited, wide-field imaging spectrometer that utilizes distributed apertures and optical interferometer techniques to achieve simultaneous high spatial and spectral resolution. Here we describe the results of a science and technical feasibility study of MIDAS prototypes funded under the NASA High Capability Instrument Concepts and Technology (HCICT) program as a potential science payload for missions to the outer planets and their icy satellites. The high spatial resolution capabilities of MIDAS combined with nm spectral resolution will greatly advance our understanding of icy satellite surface composition in terms of minerals, organics, volatiles, and their mixtures. From 100 km mapping orbits, cm-scale imagery from MIDAS could revolutionize our understanding of the geology, dynamics, and history of icy moon surfaces. From higher orbits, MIDAS can engage in global, high resolution imaging spectroscopy with m-scale resolution for months at a time. Beyond traditional remote sensing, MIDAS is well suited to active techniques, including remote Raman, Fluorescence, and IR illumination investigations, in order to resolve surface composition and explore otherwise dim regions.
DE: 5470 Surface materials and properties
DE: 6218 Jovian satellites
DE: 6220 Jupiter
DE: 6280 Saturnian satellites
DE: 6297 Instruments and techniques
SC: Planetary Sciences [P]
MN: Fall Meeting 2005