Science objectives and first results from the SMART-1/AMIE multicolour micro-camera
Jean-Luc Josset
(1)
,
Stéphane Beauvivre
(1)
,
Priscilla Cerroni
(2)
,
Maria Cristina de Sanctis
(2)
,
Patrick Pinet
(3)
,
Serge Chevrel
(3)
,
Yves Langevin
(4)
,
Maria Antonella Barucci
(5, 6)
,
P. Plancke
(7)
,
Detlef Koschny
(7)
,
Miguel Almeida
(7)
,
Zoran Sodnik
(7)
,
S. Mancuso
(7)
,
B. A. Hofmann
(8)
,
Karri Muinonen
(9)
,
V. Shevchenko
(10)
,
Yurij G. Shkuratov
(11)
,
Pascale Ehrenfreund
(12)
,
Bernard H. Foing
(7)
1
SPACE-X, Space Exploration Institute
2 Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma] = University of Rome Tor Vergata
3 OMP - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
4 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
5 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
6 Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
7 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
8 Natural History Museum
9 Helsinki Observatory
10 SSIA - Shternberg State Institute of Astronomy
11 Astronomical Institute of Kharkov National University
12 Leiden Observatory
2 Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata [Roma] = University of Rome Tor Vergata
3 OMP - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
4 IAS - Institut d'astrophysique spatiale
5 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
6 Pôle Planétologie du LESIA
7 ESTEC - European Space Research and Technology Centre
8 Natural History Museum
9 Helsinki Observatory
10 SSIA - Shternberg State Institute of Astronomy
11 Astronomical Institute of Kharkov National University
12 Leiden Observatory
Patrick Pinet
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- IdHAL : patrickclaude-pinet
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- IdRef : 076747441
Résumé
The Advanced Moon micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE), on-board SMART-1, the first European mission to the Moon, is an imaging system with scientific, technical and public outreach objectives. The science objectives are to image the lunar South Pole, permanent shadow areas (ice deposit), eternal light (crater rims), ancient lunar non-mare volcanism, local spectrophotometry and physical state of the lunar surface, and to map high latitudes regions (south) mainly at far side (South Pole Aitken basin). The technical objectives are to perform a Laserlink experiment (detection of laser beam emitted by ESA/Tenerife ground station), flight demonstration of new technologies and on-board autonomy navigation. The public outreach and educational objectives are to promote planetary exploration and space. We present here the first results obtained during the cruise phase.