The MMX InfraRed Spectrometer (MIRS) for the spectral characterization of the Martian system
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: MIRS (MMX InfraRed Spectrometer) is a push-broom imaging spectrometer onboard of the JAXA sample return MMX mission. It has been built by the French laboratory LESIA, today LIRA (Laboratory for Instrumentation and Research in Astrophysics) of Paris Observatory-PSL in collaboration with five other French laboratories, collaboration and financial support of CNES and close collaboration with JAXA and MELCO. MIRS, designed to accomplish the MMX scientific objectives, has been built to be adapted on MMX Exploration Module. MIRS will remotely observe the Martian system for three years. MIRS will observe Phobos, Deimos and Mars in the spectral range 0.9–3.6 µm to characterize surface composition of the satellites and investigate Martian atmospheric variations. An overview of the MIRS Flight Model is presented as well as the data processing and the expected results.
Authors: Maria Antonietta Barucci, Pernelle Bernardi, Jean-Michel Reess, Sonia Fornasier, Frederic Merlin, Alain Doressoundiram, Thomas Gautier, Takahiro Iwata, Hiromu Nakagawa, Tomoki Nakamura, Christophe Donny, Sadok Abbaki, Shohei Aoki, Takehiko Arai, Pierre Beck, Marion Bonafous, Martin Boutelier, Jean-Christophe Bouquier, John Robert Brucato, Mickael Bruno, Jean-Tristan Buey, Matthieu Castelnau, Sebastien Charnoz, Marc Chaussidon, Frederic Chapron, Athena Coustenis, Willy D’anna, Gael David, Marco Delbo, Bruno Dubois, Sebastien Etcheverry, Catherine Garat, Stephane Gauffre, Hidenori Genda, Fabrice Glize, Rafik Hassen-Khodja, Valentin Hazard, Gilles Hervet, Ryuki Hyodo, Takeshi Imamura, Christian Imbert, Sophie Jacquinod, Laurent Jorda, Shingo Kameda, Driss Kouach, Toru Kouyama, Takeshi Kuroda, Hiroyuki Kurokawa, Laurent Lapauw, Jeremie Lasue, Laetitia Le Deit, Michel Le Du, Cedric Leyrat, Christophe Mathé, Moe Matsuoka, Maeva Millan, Hideaki Miyamoto, Frederic Moynier, Napoléon Nguyen Tuong, Kazunori Ogohara, Takahito Osawa, Jerome Parisot, Paolo Pilleri, Veronique Piou, Giovanni Poggiali, Nathalie Pons, Benjamin Quertier-Dagorn, Antsa Rasamoela, Sean Raymond, Francis Rocard, Anne Rouvié, Takeshi Sakanoi, Takao M. Sato, Hervé Soulie, Eric Sawyer, Aymeric Spiga, Robin Sultana, Nicolas Theret, Sylvain Trémolières, Pascal Truchelut, Fuminori Tsuchiya, Pierre Vernazza, Antonin Wargnier, Koki Yumoto, Didier Zeganadin
Institutions: Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Université Paris Cité, Université Paris Sciences et Lettres, Observatoire de Paris, Sorbonne Université, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Laboratoire atmosphères, milieux, observations spatiales, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tohoku University, Centre National d'Études Spatiales, The University of Tokyo, Maebashi Institute of Technology, Université Grenoble Alpes, Université de Bordeaux, Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux, Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory, Institut de physique du globe de Paris, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Rikkyo University, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier, Institut de Recherche en Astrophysique et Planétologie, Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géosciences, Université de Nantes, Nantes Université, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Hokkaido Information University
Language: English
Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics
Field: Physics and Astronomy
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,870
OpenAlex ID: W4413304841