Instrument Name | PI | Wavelength / Energy / Mass Range | Field of View (milliradians) | Angular Resolution (milliradians / pixel) | Wavelength / Energy / Mass Resolution per pixel |
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Alice: ultraviolet mapping spectrometer | Alan Stern, SwRI | 52 - 180 nm | 1.7x 70 (slit). 35 x 35 (solar occultation aperture) | 1.7 x 5.2 | 0.183 nm |
LORRI: Long-Range Reconnaisance Imager | Andy Cheng, APL | 350 - 850nm | 5.08 x 5.08 | 0.00496 | N/A |
Ralph MVIC: Multispectral Visible Imaging Camera | Alan Stern, SwRI | 450 - 1000nm (Pan); 425 - 550nm (Blue); 540 - 700nm (Red); 780 - 1000nm (IR); 860 - 910 nm (CH4) |
Multicolor: 100 x N (pushbroom). OpNav, pan only: 100 x 2.6 (framing) | 0.02 | See filter bandpasses |
Ralph LEISA (Linear Etalon Imaging Spectral Array): infrared spectrometer | Alan Stern, SwRI | 1250 - 2500 nm | 15.9 x 15.9 | 0.062 | Full spectral range: R=300 (~6.5 nm / pixel). 2100 - 2250 nm: R=600 (~3.7 nm / pixel). |
REX: Radio science EXperiment | Len Tyler, Stanford University | 4.1 cm. | 20 | 20 | Radiometry mode: N/A. Occultation mode: 3 x 10-13 in Δ f/f |
SDC: Student Dust Counter | Mihaly Horanyi, U. Colorado | 4x10-12 - 4x10-9 g | ~p | N/A | ~ factor of 2 in mass |
PEPSSI (Pluto Energetic Particle Spectrometer Science Investigation): medium energy particle spectrometer | Ralph McNutt, APL | 25 - 1000 keV (protons); 60-1000 keV (atomic ions) ; 25 - 500 keV (electrons) |
160 deg x 12 deg | 25 x 12 deg | 0.25 keV |
SWAP (Solar Wind Around Pluto): low energy plasma instrument | Dave McComas, SwRI | 30 eV - 7.7 keV | 270 deg x 10 deg (deflection angles up to +15 deg additional) | N/A | 1 eV (<2 keV) 9% (>2 keV) |