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Design of telescopic nadir imager for geomorphology (TENGOO) and observation of surface reflectance by optical chromatic imager (OROCHI) for the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX).

Authors :
Kameda, Shingo
Ozaki, Masanobu
Enya, Keigo
Fuse, Ryota
Kouyama, Toru
Sakatani, Naoya
Suzuki, Hidehiko
Osada, Naoya
Kato, Hiroki
Miyamoto, Hideaki
Yamazaki, Atsushi
Nakamura, Tomoki
Okamoto, Takaya
Ishimaru, Takahiro
Hong, Peng
Ishibashi, Ko
Takashima, Takeshi
Ishigami, Ryoya
Kuo, Cheng-Ling
Abe, Shinsuke
Source :
Earth, Planets & Space; 12/14/2021, Vol. 73 Issue 1, p1-14, 14p
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The JAXA's Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) mission is planned to reveal the origin of Phobos and Deimos. It will remotely observe both moons and return a sample from Phobos. The nominal instruments include the TElescopic Nadir imager for GeOmOrphology (TENGOO) and Optical RadiOmeter composed of CHromatic Imagers (OROCHI). The scientific objective of TENGOO is to obtain the geomorphological features of Phobos and Deimos. The spatial resolution of TENGOO is 0.3 m at an altitude of 25 km in the quasi-satellite orbit. The scientific objective of OROCHI is to obtain material distribution using spectral mapping. OROCHI possesses seven wide-angle bandpass imagers without a filter wheel and one monochromatic imager dedicated to the observation during the landing phase. Using these two instruments, we plan to select landing sites and obtain information that supports the analysis of return samples. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13438832
Volume :
73
Issue :
1
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Earth, Planets & Space
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
154097142
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-021-01462-9