Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Sep 2006
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2006dps....38.4904d&link_type=abstract
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #38, #49.04; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 38, p.576
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Scientific paper
Spectroscopic observations (7.5 - 13 μm) of Mercury and the Moon obtained with MIRSI (Mid-Infrared Spectrometer and Imager) at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) are presented. The spectra were acquired at mercurian W. longitudes 172 - 282° covering north polar to south polar latitudes. Also acquired were lunar surface measurements of the Apollo 16 landing site and Grimaldi basin and highlands. Mercury measurements covered Caloris Basin, Basin S, and other regions on the side not imaged by Mariner 10. Lunar locations were chosen for their known surface compositions determined from near-infrared spectral telescopic observations and Apollo return samples. Spectra for both bodies were reduced with the same calibration star to minimize reduction differences. Spectral differences between the mercurian locations indicate a heterogeneous composition and differences between Mercury and lunar spectra indicate compositional differences between the two bodies. All collected spectra from Mercury and the Moon show distinct and recognizable features including the Christiansen emissivity maximum and one or more transmission minima. Other features have yet to be identified. True emission spectra of rock and mineral powders with varying grain sizes will be presented for comparison with the data.
Acknowledgements: The authors of this paper were Visiting Astronomers at the Infrared Telescope Facility, which is operated by the University of Hawaii under Cooperative Agreement no. NCC 5-538 with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Science Mission Directorate, Planetary Astronomy Program. We are especially grateful to Alan Tokunaga and Eric Tollestrup for useful engineering time on the telescope and Don Hunten for helpful discussions. This work was supported by NSF grant AST-0406796.
Boccafolo K.
Donaldson Hanna Kerri L.
Helbert Jérôme
Kozlowski Richard W.
Maturilli Alessandro
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