The Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM) Concept

J. Helbert (1) , D. Wendler (1) , I. Walter (2) , Thomas Widemann (3) , Emmanuel Marcq (4) , A. Maturilli (1) , S. Ferrari (5, 1) , Mario d'Amore (1) , N. Müller (6) , Melinda D. Dyar (7) , S. Smrekar (6)

1 DLR Institut für Planetenforschung
2 DLR Institute of Optical Sensor Systems
3 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique
4 PLANETO - LATMOS
5 Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente [Pavia]
6 JPL - Jet Propulsion Laboratory
7 Department of Astronomy of the Mount Holyoke College

Based on experience gained from using the VIRTIS instrument on VenusExpress to observe the surface of Venus and the new high temperature laboratory exper- iments, we have developed the multi-spectral Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM) to study the surface of Ve- nus. VEM imposes minimal requirements on the spacecraft and mission design and can therefore be added to any future Venus mission. Ideally, the VEM instrument will be combined with a high-resolution radar mapper to provide accurate topographic infor- mation, as it is done on the VERITAS mission

Domaines: Planétologie et astrophysique de la terre [astro-ph.EP]

J. Helbert, D. Wendler, I. Walter, Thomas Widemann, Emmanuel Marcq, et al.. The Venus Emissivity Mapper (VEM) Concept. 47th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2016, The Woodlands, Texas, United States. ⟨insu-01283782⟩