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Comparison of newly acquired lunar spectra with the titanium abundance maps derived from clementine
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Robinson, M. S. McClintock, W. E. Holsclaw, G. M. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Description | The Mercury Atmospheric and Surface Composition Spectrometer (MASCS) is one of seven science instruments onboard NASA's MESSENGER mission, currently en-route to the planet Mercury. One of MASCS s components, referred to as the Visible and Near Infrared Spectrograph (VIRS), will record reflectance spectra of the surface in order to characterize the mineralogy of the planet [1]. The lunar highlands and the average mercurian crust are proposed to be compositionally similar [i.e. 2]. In preparation to interpret VIRS reflectance spectra of Mercury to be first obtained in 2008, the Moon has been observed with an engineering model of the VIRS from a ground-based telescope. In this study, the ultraviolet and visible region of the spectrum is compared with titanium content in the lunar regolith. |
| File Size | 544826 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050169963 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3sv2jn3q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2005-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration Mineralogy Clementine Spacecraft Regolith Lunar Rocks Near Infrared Radiation Highlands Atmospheric Composition Space Missions Titanium Visible Spectrum Planetary Surfaces Surface Layers Crusts Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
