The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) on SMART-1: Scientific goals and expected results

P. Pinet; P. Cerroni; J. L. Josset; S. Beauvivre; S. Chevrel; K. Muinonen; Y. Langevin; M. A. Barucci; M. C. De Sanctis; Yu Shkuratov; V. Shevchenko; P. Plancke; B. A. Hofmann; M. Josset; P. Ehrenfreund; Z. Sodnik; D. Koschny; M. Almeida; B. Foing

doi:10.1016/j.pss.2005.06.003

The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) on SMART-1: Scientific goals and expected results

P. Pinet^*
, P. Cerroni
, J. L. Josset
, S. Beauvivre
, S. Chevrel
, K. Muinonen
, Y. Langevin
, M. A. Barucci
, M. C. De Sanctis
, Yu Shkuratov
, V. Shevchenko
, P. Plancke
, B. A. Hofmann
, M. Josset
, P. Ehrenfreund
, Z. Sodnik
, D. Koschny
, M. Almeida
, B. Foing

^*Corresponding author for this work

Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie (IRAP)
Istituto di Astrofisica Spaziale e Fisica Cosmica di Bologna
Space-X
Helsinki Observatory
Université Paris-Saclay
Observatoire de Paris
V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Lomonosov Moscow State University
ESA/ESTEC Power and Control Data Division
Natural History Museum
University of Neuchatel
Leiden University
European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC)

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Abstract

The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) is the imaging system on board ESA mission to the Moon SMART-1; it makes use of a miniaturised detector and micro-processor electronics developed by SPACE X in the frame of the ESA technical programme. The AMIE micro-imager will provide high resolution CCD images of selected lunar areas and it will perform colour imaging through three filters at 750, 915 and 960 nm with a maximum resolution of 46 m/pixel at the perilune of 500 km. Specific scientific objectives will include (1) imaging of high latitude regions in the southern hemisphere, in particular the South Pole Aitken basin (SPA) and the permanently shadowed regions close to the South Pole, (2) determination of the photometric properties of the lunar surface from observations at different phase angles (physical properties of the regolith), (3) multi-band imaging for constraining the chemical and mineral composition of the surface, (4) detection and characterisation of lunar non-mare volcanic units, (5) study of lithological variations from impact craters and implications for crustal heterogeneity. The AMIE micro-imager will also support a Laser-link experiment to Earth, an On Board Autonomous Navigation investigation and a Lunar libration experiment coordinated with radio science measurements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1309-1318
Number of pages	10
Journal	Planetary and Space Science
Volume	53
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2005.06.003
Publication status	Published - Nov 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Moon
Orbital photometry
SMART-1 ESA Mission
Spectral imaging

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Pinet, P., Cerroni, P., Josset, J. L., Beauvivre, S., Chevrel, S., Muinonen, K., Langevin, Y., Barucci, M. A., De Sanctis, M. C., Shkuratov, Y., Shevchenko, V., Plancke, P., Hofmann, B. A., Josset, M., Ehrenfreund, P., Sodnik, Z., Koschny, D., Almeida, M., & Foing, B. (2005). The advanced Moon micro-imager experiment (AMIE) on SMART-1: Scientific goals and expected results. Planetary and Space Science, 53(13), 1309-1318. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2005.06.003

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