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Mapping Trojan asteroids in the thermal infrared with TROTIS

Authors :
Pierre Vernazza
Tatsuaki Okada
Ingo Walter
Matthias Grott
Gabriele Arnold
Ernesto Palomba
Andrew S. Rivkin
Mario D'Amore
Indhu Varatharajan
Thomas Säuberlich
Jörg Knollenberg
Alessandro Maturilli
Joern Helbert
Anko Boerner
Gisbert Peter
Source :
Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXVI.
Publication Year :
2018
Publisher :
SPIE, 2018.

Abstract

TROTIS (TROjan asteroid Thermal Infrared multi-Spectral imager) is a high spatial-resolution thermal imaging system optimized for targets in the outer solar system with heritage from the Miniaturized Asteroid thermal infrared Imager and Radiometer (MAIR) for the AIDA mission as well as Bepi-Colombo mission’s MErcury Radiometer and Thermal Infrared Spectrometer (MERTIS). TROTIS will provide unique science observations that will foster our understanding of Trojan asteroids. It will provide compositional information, thermal physical properties as well as help determine accurate shapes. In addition TROTIS can aid optical navigation, as it will be able to detect targets from any phase angle.

Details

Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Infrared Remote Sensing and Instrumentation XXVI
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....2e79bb382cb22900e6ee6534903b6059
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2320111