MIRS: an imaging spectrometer for the MMX mission

Maria Antonella Barucci (1) , Jean-Michel Reess (1) , Pernelle Bernardi (1) , Alain Doressoundiram (1) , Sonia Fornasier (1) , Michel Le Du (2) , Takahiro Iwata (3) , Hiromu Nakagawa (4) , Tomoki Nakamura (4) , Yves André (2) , Shohei Aoki (3) , Takehiko Arai (5) , Elisa Baldit (2) , Pierre Beck (6) , Jean-Tristan Buey (1) , Elisabet Canalias (2) , Matthieu Castelnau (2) , Sebastien Charnoz (7) , Marc Chaussidon (7) , Fréderic Chapron (1) , Valérie Ciarletti (8) , Marco Delbo (9) , Bruno Dubois (10) , Stephane Gauffre (11) , Thomas Gautier (8) , Hidenori Genda (12) , Rafik Hassen-Khodja (13) , Gilles Hervet (2) , Ryuki Hyodo (3) , Christian Imbert (2) , Takeshi Imamura (14) , Laurent Jorda (15) , Shingo Kameda (16) , Driss Kouach (10) , Toru Kouyama (17) , Takeshi Kuroda (4) , Hiroyuki Kurokawa (12) , Laurent Lapauw (13) , Jérémie Lasue (18) , Laetitia Le Deit (19) , Aurélien Ledot (2) , Cedric Leyrat (1) , Bertrand Le Ruyet (1) , Moe Matsuoka (1) , Frederic Merlin (1) , Hideaki Miyamoto (14) , Frederic Moynier (7) , Napoleon Nguyen Tuong (1) , Kazunori Ogohara (20) , Takahito Osawa (21) , Jérôme Parisot (1) , Laurie Pistre (2) , Benjamin Quertier (11) , Sean N. Raymond (11) , Francis Rocard (2) , Takeshi Sakanoi (4) , Takao M. Sato (22) , Eric Sawyer (2) , Fériel Tache (1) , Sylvain Trémolières (2) , Fuminori Tsuchiya (4) , Pierre Vernazza (15) , Didier Zeganadin (1)

1 LESIA - Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique = Laboratory of Space Studies and Instrumentation in Astrophysics
2 CNES - Centre National d'Études Spatiales [Toulouse]
3 ISAS - Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
4 Department of Geophysics [Sendai]
5 AIT - Ashikaga Institute of Technology
6 IPAG - Institut de Planétologie et d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
7 IPGP (UMR_7154) - Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris
8 PLANETO - LATMOS
9 OCA - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur
10 OMP - Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées
11 LAB - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Bordeaux [Pessac]
12 ELSI - Earth-Life Science Institute [Tokyo]
13 LATMOS - Laboratoire Atmosphères, Milieux, Observations Spatiales
14 UTokyo - The University of Tokyo
15 LAM - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Marseille
16 Rikkyo University [Tokyo]
17 AIST - National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
18 IRAP - Institut de recherche en astrophysique et planétologie
19 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie et Géodynamique [UMR 6112]
20 Kyoto Sangyo University
21 JAEA - Japan Atomic Energy Agency [Ibaraki]
22 Hokkaido Information University

The MMX infrared spectrometer (MIRS) is an imaging spectrometer onboard MMX JAXA mission. MMX (Martian Moon eXploration) is scheduled to be launched in 2024 with sample return to Earth in 2029. MIRS is built at LESIA-Paris Observatory in collaboration with four other French laboratories, collaboration and financial support of CNES and close collaboration with JAXA and MELCO. The instrument is designed to fully accomplish MMX's scientific and measurement objectives. MIRS will remotely provide near-infrared spectral maps of Phobos and Deimos containing compositional diagnostic spectral features that will be used to analyze the surface composition and to support the sampling site selection. MIRS will also study Mars atmosphere, in particular spatial and temporal changes such as clouds, dust and water vapor.

Keywords: MIRS; MMX; Imaging spectrometer; Phobos; Deimos; Mars

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysic [astro-ph.IM]

Maria Antonella Barucci, Jean-Michel Reess, Pernelle Bernardi, Alain Doressoundiram, Sonia Fornasier, et al.. MIRS: an imaging spectrometer for the MMX mission. Earth Planets and Space, 2021, 73, pp.211. ⟨10.1186/s40623-021-01423-2⟩. ⟨insu-03474821⟩