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First Solar System Results of the Spitzer Space TelescopeThe Spitzer Space Telescope, formerly known as SIRTF, is now operational and delivers unprecedented sensitivity for the observation of Solar System targets. Spitzer's capabilities and first general results were presented at the January 2004 AAS meeting. In this poster, we focus on Spitzer's performance for moving targets, and the first Solar System results. Spitzer has three instruments, IRAC, IRS, and MIPS. IRAC (InfraRed Array Camera) provides simultaneous images at wavelengths of 3.6, 4.5, 5.8, and 8.0 microns. IRS (InfraRed Spectrograph) has 4 modules providing low-resolution (R=60-120) spectra from 5.3 to 40 microns, high-resolution (R=600) spectra from 10 to 37 m, and an autonomous target acquisition system (PeakUp) which includes small-field imaging at 15 m. MIPS (Multiband Imaging Photometer for SIRTF) does imaging photometry at 24, 70, and 160 m and low-resolution (R=15-25) spectroscopy (SED) between 55 and 96 microns. Guaranteed Time Observer (GTO) programs include the moons of the outer Solar System, Pluto, Centaurs, Kuiper Belt Objects, and comets
Document ID
20040061993
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
VanCleve, J.
(Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corp. Boulder, CO, United States)
Cruikshank, D. P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Stansberry, J. A.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Burgdorf, M. J.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Devost, D.
(Cornell Univ. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Emery, J. P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Fazio, G.
(Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Cambridge, MA, United States)
Fernandez, Y. R.
(Hawaii Univ.)
Glaccum, W.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Grillmair, C.
(California Inst. of Tech. Pasadena, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 21, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2004
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXV: Outer Solar System
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Distribution Limits
Public
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