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Zodiacal light dynamics experiment: A wideband imaging Fabry-Perot interferometerThe Solar Probe will provide an ideal platform from which to study dynamics of dust particles near the sun by measuring the detailed character of the Fraunhofer structure of the zodiacal light. The suggested instrument is a wideband imaging Fabry-Perot interferometer with state of the art technology in both the optics and the detector. The instrument would function as a high-resolution imaging device providing wavelength resolution of 0.03 A over about a 20 A range. The wideband imaging capability would provide sky maps of the zodiacal light on a despun spacecraft without mechanical scanning. The Solar Probe mission would allow the velocity distribution of the dust to be mapped along most of the trajectory of the spacecraft.
Document ID
19780025055
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other
Authors
Torr, D. G.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Young, E.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Torr, M. R.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Nagy, A. F.
(Michigan Univ. Ann Arbor, MI, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: JPL A Close-up of the Sun
Subject Category
Solar Physics
Accession Number
78N32998
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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