The Lunar Prospector gamma-ray and neutron spectrometers

Authors
Feldman, WC Barraclough, BL Fuller, KR Lawrence, DJ Maurice, S Miller, MC Prettyman, TH Binder, AB
Citation
Wc. Feldman et al., The Lunar Prospector gamma-ray and neutron spectrometers, NUCL INST A, 422(1-3), 1999, pp. 562-566
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences","Instrumentation & Measurement
Journal title
NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTS & METHODS IN PHYSICS RESEARCH SECTION A-ACCELERATORS SPECTROMETERS DETECTORS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT
ISSN journal
01689002 → ACNP
Volume
422
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
562 - 566
Database
ISI
SICI code
0168-9002(19990211)422:1-3<562:TLPGAN>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
Gamma-ray and neutron spectrometers (GRS and NS, respectively) are included in the payload complement of Lunar Prospector (LP) that is currently orbit ing the Moon. Specific objectives of the GRS are to map abundances of O, Si , Fe, Ti, U, Th, K, and perhaps, Mg, Al, and Ca, to depths of about 20 cm. Those of the NS are to search for water ice to depths of about 50 cm near t he lunar poles and to map regolith maturity. The designs of both spectromet ers are described and their performance in both the laboratory and in lunar orbit are presented. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.