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Results of measurements with the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer onboard Mars Express: Clouds and dust at the end of southern summer. A comparison with OMEGA images
We discuss the results of measurements made with the Planetary Fourier Spectrometer (PFS) onboard the Mars Express spacecraft. The data were obtained in the beginning of the mission and correspond to the end of s...
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Phyllosilicates on Mars and implications for early martian climate
The recent identification of large deposits of sulphates by remote sensing and in situ observations has been considered evidence of the past presence of liquid water on Mars. Here we report the unambiguous detect...
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Release of volatiles from a possible cryovolcano from near-infrared imaging of Titan
The surface of Saturn's largest moon, Titan, is coated in a dense methane-rich atmosphere that prevents high-resolution imaging at visible wavelengths. During its first Titan flyby last October, the Cassini sp...
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THE ATMOSPHERES OF SATURN AND TITAN IN THE NEAR-INFRARED: FIRST RESULTS OF CASSINI/VIMS
The wide spectral coverage and extensive spatial, temporal, and phase-angle map** capabilities of the Visual Infrared Map** Spectrometer (VIMS) onboard the Cassini-Huygens Orbiter are producing fundamental...
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Compositional maps of Saturn's moon Phoebe from imaging spectroscopy
Phoebe, the outermost large satellite of Saturn, is of particular interest because its unusual orbit suggests that it was gravitationally captured by Saturn, having formed outside the solar nebula where Saturn...
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The Cassini Visual And Infrared Map** Spectrometer (Vims) Investigation
The Cassini visual and infrared map** spectrometer (VIMS) investigation is a multidisciplinary study of the Saturnian system. Visual and near-infrared imaging spectroscopy and high-speed spectrophotometry are t...
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The Cassini Visual and Infrared Map** Spectrometer (VIMS) Investigation
The Cassini visual and infrared map** spectrometer (VIMS) investigation is a multidisciplinary study of the Saturnian system. Visual and near-infrared imaging spectroscopy and high-speed spectrophotometry are t...
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Multispectral imaging of Mars: ISM results
Multispectral imaging of planets opens a new class of studies of atmospheric and surface signatures. With ISM experiment on board Phobos, the first IR multispectral imaging of Mars from space was achieved. In ...
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Results from the ISM experiment
THE imaging spectrometer ISM, operating in the near infrared, is the first ever flown in space for planetary observation. With a spectral range of 0.76–3.14μm, its main goals were to obtain information on the ...
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Spatial variations in thermal and albedo properties of the surface of Phobos
IMPORTANT information about the properties of the outermost layer of regolith on Phobos can be obtained from infrared thermal radiometry and spectrophotometry of the reflected radiation. From the analysis of ...
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Irradiation Effects in Ices by Energetic Ions
It has been shown that the irradiation of ices leads to “giant” erosion yields, in some specific conditions (1,2). In order to understand the physical processes involved, we have performed direct in-situ measu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Detection of parent molecules in comet P/Halley from the IKS-Vega experiment
Several parent molecules have been detected in comet P/Halley using the 2.5–5 μm channel of the IKS experiment aboard Vega 1. The spectral resolving power was about 40 at 2.5 μm and 70 at 5 μm. The v3 band of H2O...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Temperature and size of the nucleus of comet P/Halley deduced from IKS infrared Vega 1 measurements
The infrared thermal emission of the nucleus of Halley’s comet was measured by the imaging channel of the IKS spectrometer in two wavelengths bands (7–10 µm and 9–14 µm) and in two perpendicular directions of ana...
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Infrared sounding of comet Halley from Vega 1
The IKS instrument carried by the Vega 1 spacecraft performed infrared sounding of the inner coma and nuclear region of comet Halley. An emissive centre, a few kilometres in size, was detected with a temperatu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
“Spontaneous” Desorption of Negative Ions from Organic Solids and Films of Ice at Low Temperature
It has been shown (1) that under the effect of a constant voltage applied between a flat metallic surface and a high transmission grid (90%), electrons and negative ions are emitted simultaneously. Time-of-fli...