Instrument Name |
PI |
Wavelength / Energy / Mass Range |
Field of View (milliradians) |
Angular resolution (milliradians / pixel) |
Wavelength / Energy / Mass Resolution per pixel |
| 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 Δf/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) |
