The Mercury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS) for the BepiColombo mission

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 58, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 144-165

  Hiesinger, H ^a   Helbert, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

BepiColombo; Mercury; MERTIS; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BEPICOLOMBO; BEPICOLOMBO MERCURY PLANETARY ORBITER; BEPICOLOMBO MISSION; DATA INTERPRETATION; DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES; ELEMENTAL SULFUR; GRAIN SIZE; MERCURY; PLANET MERCURY; RESTSTRAHLEN BAND; ROCK-FORMING MINERALS; SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPECTRAL LIBRARIES; SPECTRAL MEASUREMENT; SPECTRAL SIGNATURE; SURFACE COMPOSITIONS; SURFACE MINERALOGY; SURFACE TEMPERATURE VARIATION; THERMAL INERTIA; THERMAL INFRARED; UNCOOLED; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE EMISSION; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; INTERPLANETARY FLIGHT; MERCURY (METAL); METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OLIVINE; RADIOMETERS; RADIOMETRY; SILICATE MINERALS; SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

SPACECRAFT INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 73749086074     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.019     Document Type: Article

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