MinMap: An imaging spectrometer for high resolution compositional mapping of the Moon

Details MinMap: An imaging spectrometer for high resolution compositional mapping of the Moon MinMap: An imaging spectrometer for high resolution compositional mapping of the Moon

Publishing date

Mar 1993

URL

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993lpi....24.1145p&link_type=abstract

Journals

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Twenty-Fourth Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. Part 3: N-Z p 1145-1146 (SEE N94-20636 05-91

Science

Mathematics

Field

Logic

Additional info 3

High Resolution, Imaging Spectrometers, Lunar Composition, Lunar Maps, Lunar Programs, Optical Properties, Planetary Mapping, Spectral Resolution, Lithology, Lunar Rocks, Lunar Soil, Minerals, Polar Orbits, Spatial Resolution

Type

Scientific paper

Abstract

MinMap has been selected by the Lunar Scout program to characterize and map the mineral composition of the Moon. The instrument will be built as a collaborative effort between Brown University, SETS Technology Inc., and Ball Aerospace Corp. MinMap is a visible to near-infrared imaging spectrometer that contains 192 spectral channels from 0.35-2.4 microns with signal to noise greater than 200 and 256 cross-track spatial elements. The spectrometer design has a 6 deg field of view (FOV) and utilizes grating dispersive elements and two dimensional detectors (no moving parts). An 'image cube' of data is produced that contains two dimensions of spatial information and one dimension of spectral information. All spectral channels and cross-track spatial elements are recorded simultaneously with spacecraft motion scanning the second spatial dimension. The high spectral resolution and continuous spectral range of MinMap are designed to measure the diagnostic absorption features of principal lunar minerals and their lithologic mixtures. Since the optical properties of lunar materials change in a regular manner upon exposure to the space environment, this spectral range is also quite sensitive to variations in exposure history (soil maturity). Nominal measurement stragegy is to obtain full global data of the Moon at 180 m/pixel from a 450 km polar orbit during the first month or two of operation. A 100 km orbit is anticipated for the remaining part of a 1 year mission allowing higher resolution data (approx. 80 m/pixel) to be obtained for targeted regions. MinMap exceeds LE x SWG's measurement recommendations and will provide the highest spatial resolution compositional map of lunar rocks and soils currently planned for orbital missions. Since all spectral channels are co-registered and obtained simultaneously, 'image cube' data swaths will be available for analysis almost immediately.

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