AbstractExtreme and far ultraviolet imaging spectrometers are proposed for the low-altitude orbiter of the BepiColombo mission. The UV instrument, consisting of the two spectrometers with common electronics, aims at measuring (1) emission lines from molecules, atoms and ions present in the Mercury’s tenuous atmosphere and (2) the reflectance spectrum of Mercury’s surface. The instrument pursues a complete coverage in UV spectroscopy. The extreme UV spectrometer covers the spectral range of 30–150 nm with the field of view of 5.0°, and the spectrum from 130 to 430 nm is obtained by the far UV spectrometer. The extreme UV spectrometer employs multi-layer coating technology to enhance its sensitivity at particular emission lines. This technology enables us to identify small ionospheric signatures such as He II (30.4 nm) and Na II (37.2 nm), which could not be detected with conventional optics.


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    Title :

    Development of an extreme ultraviolet imaging spectrometer for the BepiColombo mission


    Contributors:
    Yoshikawa, I (author) / Yamazaki, A (author) / Murachi, T (author) / Kameda, S (author) / Sagawa, H (author) / Okano, S (author) / Okada, T (author) / Nakamura, M (author)

    Published in:

    Advances in Space Research ; 33 , 12 ; 2195-2199


    Publication date :

    2003-03-11


    Size :

    5 pages




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English




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