VIRTIS: The Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer
G. Piccioni
,
P. Drossart
(1)
,
E. Suetta
,
M. Cosi
,
E. Amannito
,
A. Barbis
,
R. Berlin
,
A. Bocaccini
,
G. Bonello
,
M. Bouyé
(1)
,
F. Capaccioni
,
G. Cherubini
,
M. Dami
,
O. Dupuis
(1)
,
A. Fave
(1)
,
G. Filacchione
,
Y. Hello
(1)
,
F. Henry
(1)
,
S. Hofer
,
G. Huntzinger
(1)
,
R. Melchiorri
,
J. Parisot
(1)
,
C. Pasqui
,
G. Peter
,
C. Pompei
,
J. M. Rèess
(1)
,
A. Semery
(1)
,
A. Soufflot
(2)
,
A. Adriani
,
F. Angrilli
,
G. Arnold
,
K. Baines
,
G. Bellucci
,
J. Benkhoff
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B. Bezard
(1)
,
J. -P. Bibring
(2)
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A. Blanco
,
M. I. Blecka
,
R. Carlson
,
A. Coradini
,
A. Di Lellis
,
T. Encrenaz
(1)
,
S. Erard
(1)
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S. Fonti
,
V. Formisano
,
T. Fouchet
(1)
,
R. Garcia
(3)
,
R. Haus
,
J. Helbert
,
N. I. Ignatiev
,
P. Irwin
,
Y. Langevin
(2)
,
S. Lebonnois
(4)
,
M. A. Lopez Valverde
,
D. Luz
(3)
,
M. Marinangeli
,
V. Orofino
,
A. V. Rodin
,
M. C. Roos-Serote
,
B. Saggin
,
A. Sanchez-Lavega
,
B. M. Stam
,
F. Taylor
,
D. Titov
,
G. Visconti
,
M. Zambelli
G. Piccioni
- Function : Author
E. Suetta
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M. Cosi
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E. Amannito
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A. Barbis
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R. Berlin
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A. Bocaccini
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G. Bonello
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F. Capaccioni
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G. Cherubini
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M. Dami
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G. Filacchione
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S. Hofer
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R. Melchiorri
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C. Pasqui
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G. Peter
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C. Pompei
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A. Adriani
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F. Angrilli
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G. Arnold
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K. Baines
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G. Bellucci
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J. Benkhoff
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A. Blanco
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M. I. Blecka
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R. Carlson
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A. Coradini
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A. Di Lellis
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S. Fonti
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V. Formisano
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T. Fouchet
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R. Garcia
- Function : Author
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- ORCID : 0000-0003-1460-6663
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R. Haus
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J. Helbert
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- ORCID : 0000-0001-5346-9505
N. I. Ignatiev
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P. Irwin
- Function : Author
- PersonId : 765320
- ORCID : 0000-0002-6772-384X
M. A. Lopez Valverde
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M. Marinangeli
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V. Orofino
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A. V. Rodin
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M. C. Roos-Serote
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B. Saggin
- Function : Author
A. Sanchez-Lavega
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B. M. Stam
- Function : Author
F. Taylor
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D. Titov
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G. Visconti
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M. Zambelli
- Function : Author
Abstract
The VIRTIS imaging spectrometer built for ESA's Rosetta cometary mission is a versatile instrument that is also well-suited to Venus observations. The discovery of the near-IR windows in the atmosphere of Venus from ground-based observations in the 1980s showed that the surface of the planet can be studied via IR observations over the nightside. Imaging spectroscopy in the visible and near-IR can study the atmosphere from the uppermost layers down to the deepest levels. With its unique combination of mapping capabilities at low spectral resolution (VIRTIS-M) and high spectral resolution slit spectroscopy (VIRTIS-H), the instrument is ideal for making extensive IR and visible spectral images of the planet.