Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jun 1995
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1995spie.2475..405p&link_type=abstract
Proc. SPIE Vol. 2475, p. 405-416, Infrared Detectors and Instrumentation for Astronomy, Albert M. Fowler; Ed.
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Scientific paper
The Clementine mission provided the first ever complete, systematic surface mapping of the moon from the ultra-violet to the near-infrared regions. More than 1.7 million images of the moon, earth, and space were returned from this mission. The long-wave-infrared (LWIR) camera supplemented the UV/visible and near-infrared mapping cameras providing limited strip coverage of the moon, giving insight to the thermal properties of the soils. This camera provided approximately 100 m spatial resolution at 400 km periselene, and a 7 km across- track swath. This 2.1 kg camera using a 128 X 128 mercury-cadmium-telluride (MCT) FPA viewed thermal emission of the lunar surface and lunar horizon in the 8.0 to 9.5 micrometers wavelength region. A description of this lightweight, low power LWIR camera along with a summary of lessons learned is presented. Design goals and preliminary on-orbit performance estimates are addressed in terms of meeting the mission's primary objective for flight qualifying the sensors for future Department of Defense flights.
Ledebuhr Arno G.
Lewis Isabella T.
Massie Mark A.
Metschuleit Karen
Park Hye-Sook
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