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- Title
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment.
- Authors
Paige, D. A.; Foote, M. C.; Greenhagen, B. T.; Schofield, J. T.; Calcutt, S.; Vasavada, A. R.; Preston, D. J.; Taylor, F. W.; Allen, C. C.; Snook, K. J.; Jakosky, B. M.; Murray, B. C.; Soderblom, L. A.; Jau, B.; Loring, S.; Bulharowski, J.; Bowles, N. E.; Thomas, I. R.; Sullivan, M. T.; Avis, C.
- Abstract
The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be the first instrument to systematically map the global thermal state of the Moon and its diurnal and seasonal variability. Diviner will measure reflected solar and emitted infrared radiation in nine spectral channels with wavelengths ranging from 0.3 to 400 microns. The resulting measurements will enable characterization of the lunar thermal environment, mapping surface properties such as thermal inertia, rock abundance and silicate mineralogy, and determination of the locations and temperatures of volatile cold traps in the lunar polar regions.
- Subjects
UNITED States; UNITED States. National Aeronautics &; Space Administration; RADIOMETERS; INFRARED radiation; ELECTROMAGNETIC waves; MINERALOGY; LUNAR exploration
- Publication
Space Science Reviews, 2010, Vol 150, Issue 1-4, p125
- ISSN
0038-6308
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11214-009-9529-2