Ralph: a visible/infrared imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper belt mission

Dennis Reuter; Alan Stern; James Baer; Lisa Hardaway; Donald Jennings; Stuart McMuldroch; Jeffrey Moore; Cathy Olkin; Robert Parizek; Derek Sabatke; John Scherrer; John Stone; Jeffrey Van Cleve; Leslie Young

doi:10.1117/12.617901

22 September 2005 Ralph: a visible/infrared imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt mission

Dennis Reuter, Alan Stern, James Baer, Lisa Hardaway, Donald Jennings, Stuart McMuldroch, Jeffrey Moore, Cathy Olkin, Robert Parizek, Derek Sabatke, John Scherrer, John Stone, Jeffrey Van Cleve, Leslie Young

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Proceedings Volume 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions; 59061F (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617901
Event: Optics and Photonics 2005, 2005, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

The instrument named Ralph is a visible/NIR imager and IR hyperspectral imager that would fly as one of the core instruments on New Horizons, NASA's mission to the Pluto/Charon system and the Kuiper Belt. It is a compact, power efficient, and robust instrument with excellent imaging characteristics and sensitivity, and is well suited to this longduration flyby reconnaissance mission.

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Dennis Reuter, Alan Stern, James Baer, Lisa Hardaway, Donald Jennings, Stuart McMuldroch, Jeffrey Moore, Cathy Olkin, Robert Parizek, Derek Sabatke, John Scherrer, John Stone, Jeffrey Van Cleve, and Leslie Young "Ralph: a visible/infrared imager for the New Horizons Pluto/Kuiper Belt mission", Proc. SPIE 5906, Astrobiology and Planetary Missions, 59061F (22 September 2005); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.617901

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