Preliminary report of lunar observations by the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) during the second Galileo Earth-Moon encounter

Details Preliminary report of lunar observations by the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) during the second Galileo Earth-Moon encounter Preliminary report of lunar observations by the Near-Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS) during the second Galileo Earth-Moon encounter

Mar 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24..255c&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 1: A-F p 255-256 (SEE N94-12015 01-91)

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Earth-Moon System, Lunar Surface, Satellite Imagery, Spaceborne Photography, Galileo Spacecraft, Infrared Spectrometers, Moon

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The Galileo encounter with the Earth-Moon system on 8 Dec. 1992, provided a unique opportunity to observe the Moon. Galileo's closest approach to the Moon was at an altitude of about 110,000 km above an area at about latitude 60N, longitude 60E. During the 12 hours surrounding the time of lunar closest approach, 12 observational sequences were executed by the near-infrared mapping spectrometer (NIMS), many in coordination with other Galileo instruments. These NIMS observations provided nearly complete coverage of the illuminated crescent from phase angles of 123 deg to 14 deg. This phase-angle coverage with nearly constant illumination is not possible from Earth; it is expected to provide substantial new information on the nature of the lunar photometric function over wavelength. As of Jan. 1993, most of the analysis has focused on the highest resolution data (55 km/pixel).

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