The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer for Cassini

Edward A. Miller; Gail Klein; David W. Juergens; Kenneth Mehaffey; Jeffrey M. Oseas; Ramon A. Garcia; Anthony Giandomenico; Robert E. Irigoyen; Roger Hickok; David Rosing; Harold R. Sobel; Carl F. Bruce Jr.; Enrico Flamini; Romeo DeVidi; Francis M. Reininger; Michele Dami; Alain Soufflot; Yves Langevin; Gerard Huntzinger

doi:10.1117/12.253421

7 October 1996 The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer for Cassini

Edward A. Miller, Gail Klein, David W. Juergens, Kenneth Mehaffey, Jeffrey M. Oseas, Ramon A. Garcia, Anthony Giandomenico, Robert E. Irigoyen, Roger Hickok, David Rosing, Harold R. Sobel, Carl F. Bruce Jr., Enrico Flamini, Romeo DeVidi, Francis M. Reininger, Michele Dami, Alain Soufflot, Yves Langevin, Gerard Huntzinger

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Proceedings Volume 2803, Cassini/Huygens: A Mission to the Saturnian Systems; (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253421
Event: SPIE's 1996 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1996, Denver, CO, United States

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The visual and infrared mapping spectrometer (VIMS) is a remote sensing instrument developed for the Cassini mission to Saturn by an international team representing the national space agencies of the United States, Italy, and France. A dual imaging spectrometer, VIMS' unique design consists of two optical systems boresighted and operating in tandem, coordinated by a common electronics unit. The combined optical system generates 352 2D images simultaneously, each in a separate, contiguous waveband. These are combined by the electronics to produce 'image cubes' in which each image pixel represents a spectrum spanning 0.3 to 5.1 microns in 352 steps. VIMS images will be used to produce detailed spatial maps of the distribution of mineral and chemical species of Saturn's atmosphere, rings, and moons, and the atmosphere of Titan. At some wavelengths VIMS will penetrate Titan's atmosphere to map its surface, and image the night side of many Saturnian objects.

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Edward A. Miller, Gail Klein, David W. Juergens, Kenneth Mehaffey, Jeffrey M. Oseas, Ramon A. Garcia, Anthony Giandomenico, Robert E. Irigoyen, Roger Hickok, David Rosing, Harold R. Sobel, Carl F. Bruce Jr., Enrico Flamini, Romeo DeVidi, Francis M. Reininger, Michele Dami, Alain Soufflot, Yves Langevin, and Gerard Huntzinger "The Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer for Cassini", Proc. SPIE 2803, Cassini/Huygens: A Mission to the Saturnian Systems, (7 October 1996); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.253421

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