Abstract The imaging Channel of the IKS Instrument placed on board the Vega fly-by probes will perform measurements of the infrared emission of the central region of Comet Halley at distances in the 104 − 105 km range. An encoding wheel analyses one spatial frequency of the infrared image during the whole fly-by. Inversion of this measurement will give low resolution brightness profiles of the nucleus and its immediate surroundings, in two wave-length bandpasses and in two directions of analysis.
The infrared imaging channel of the IKS instrument for detection of Comet Halley nucleus
Advances in Space Research ; 4 , 9 ; 277-281
1984-01-01
5 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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