The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment
By D. A. Paige, M. Foote, B. Greenhagen, J. Schofield, S. Calcutt, Ashwin R. Vasavada, D. Preston, Frank Taylor, Carlton C. Allen, K. Snook and 13 more. 2010
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The Diviner Lunar Radiometer Experiment on NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will be the first instrument to systematically map the global thermal state of the Moon and its diurnal and seasonal variability. Diviner will measure reflected solar and emitted infrared radiation in nine spectral channels with wavelengths ranging from 0.3 to 400 microns. The resulting measurements will enable characterization of the lunar thermal environment, mapping surface properties such as thermal inertia, rock abundance and silicate mineralogy, and determination of the locations and temperatures of volatile cold traps in the lunar polar regions.
Subfields: Astronomy and Astrophysics
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- Thermal infrared (vibrational) spectroscopy of Mg–Fe olivines: A review and applications to determining the composition of planetary surfaces (2010, background): “The Diviner radiometer onboard the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Paige et al., 2009) is measuring reflected and emitted radiation from the lunar surface and provides multispectral data that are free of the complicating effects of the terrestrial environment; hopefully these data will enable…”
- Directional characteristics of thermal–infrared beaming from atmosphereless planetary surfaces – a new thermophysical model (2011, methodology): “A number of current and planned planetary space missions include thermal–infrared instruments to characterize the target’s surface properties [e.g. Diviner on Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (Paige et al. 2010), VIRTIS on Rosetta (Coradini et al. 2007) and MERTIS on BepiColombo (Hiesinger, Helbert & ME”