PIA12231: Building the Moon Mineralogy Mapper
The Moon Mineralogy Mapper imaging spectrometer, an instrument on India’s Chandrayaan-1, during development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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Mission: Chandrayaan-1
Spacecraft: Chandrayaan-1
Instrument: Moon Mineralogy Mapper
Product Size: 800 samples x 531 lines
Produced By: JPL
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This image shows the Moon Mineralogy Mapper imaging spectrometer during development at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. The compact imaging spectrometer, which disperses white light into different wavelengths, weighs about 9 kilograms (20 pounds) and uses the energy of a 20 watt light bulb. In nine months of operation, the Moon Mineralogy Mapper was able to map about 90 percent of the surface of the moon.

Image Credit:
NASA/JPL-Caltech

Image Addition Date:
2009-09-24